| NIGHTCAPS | Top Gear and evening drinks (9) |
| COCKTAILS | Raise dress code for formal evening drinks |
| SUNDOWNER | Early evening drink (Informal) (9) |
| AFTERNOON | Morning and evening link (9) |
| LANDOWNER | Laird's got his start with us backing out of evening drink (9) |
| BOARDROOM | Bed and Breakfast and evening meal with space? Presumably this place offers more than One Direction! |
| HALFBOARD | Bed, breakfast and evening meal (4-5) |
| BBC | Network that airs Top Gear and Top of the Pops |
| TIFFNEEDELL | Racing driver who presented Top Gear and Fifth Gear |
| REDRESSES | Puts on new gear and makes readjustments (9) |
| VANISHING | Vehicle is hot in first gear and becoming scarce. (9) |
| JAMESMAY | Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond's Top Gear and The Grand Tour co-host (5,3) |
| EVANS | Radio and TV host whose credits include TGI Friday, Top Gear and The One Show. (5) |
| READDRESS | Look over gear and tackle again |
| BREAKCAMP | Pack up gear and resume a journey (2 wds.) |
| BBCAMERICA | Network home of "Top Gear" and "The Graham Norton Show," Stateside |
| PADDY | English comedian whose TV series include Phoenix Nights, Take Me Out, Top Gear and A Question of Sport (5,10) |
| MCGUINNESS | English comedian whose TV series include Phoenix Nights, Take Me Out, Top Gear and A Question of Sport (5,10) |
| RAINCOATS | Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle's circled letters literally are? |
| MACHINERY | things with gears and motors |
