| RABBITWARREN | Timid type, a bishop settling in London, maybe, in an overcrowded area |
| OVERSPILL | Population leaving an overcrowded area to live elsewhere (9) |
| LAP | Where the smallest person in an overcrowded back seat typically sits |
| DENSELY | In an overcrowded way |
| VOLUMETWO | "B," maybe, in an encyclopedia |
| YET | "Not ___, maybe in an hour" |
| CALAMITY | In London, maybe, a strike is something disastrous (8) |
| OBSCURITY | Gloominess of old boys - old community in London maybe |
| FILM | White Christmas, say, initially forecast in London, maybe (4) |
| CRIME | Serious offence in London, maybe (7,5) |
| CAPITAL | Serious offence in London, maybe (7,5) |
| TYRE | Flat in London, maybe |
| WARREN | A rook nested in smaller species' overcrowded area (6) |
| ROOKERY | Castle nearly losing odd bits in overcrowded area (7) |
| SHOE | An overcrowded children's home in Oxford, say (4) |
| COMMUTERBELT | Cult member to move into area near London maybe (8,4) |
| AUDACITY | I"ll get out of car before London maybe, having a trapped nerve (8) |
| CAPITALGAINS | In making these profits, London maybe catches up |
| RABBITWARRENS | I want rarer B and Bs ___ tricky in overcrowded areas (6,7) |
| SLUM | An overcrowded urban district usually inhabited by very poor people (4) |
