| LACERATE | Tie with speed, then cut (8) |
| GOLIKEABOMB | Reach high speed then explode? (2,4,1,4) |
| CANTERBURY | First see rider's speed then hide |
| LITERATE | Scholarly pupil to knot tie with speed (8) |
| BANJAXED | Well-oiled instrument cut, then cut again (8) |
| SHOEHORN | Force in garden tool, then cut round it (8) |
| ISOLATED | One unfortunate formerly embraced, then cut off (8) |
| AMPUTATE | Put a team together, then cut off a member (8) |
| CLIMAXED | Increase reported, then cut came (8) |
| VERTICAL | So cut it back with calm, almost straight (8) |
| CLERIHEW | Form of verse member of the clergy abridged, then cut (8) |
| TAILORED | By rote, laid out then cut to size |
| TRAYBAKE | Cake cooked on a flat surface, then cut into squares |
| BLEEDING | So cut evidence? (8) |
| CHESTNUT | Reworks, then cuts, stale old joke (8) |
| LEANBURN | Le Mans wanting limits applied to speed, so as to reduce pollution? |
| NAUSEATE | Make one disgusted to see a tuna so cut up (8) |
| ITERATE | Knot tie with speed, and repeat |
| TOGETHER | Go back in tie with someone else (8) |
| LIGATURE | A tie with real gut I achieve (8) |
