| TAKEAIM | Train a gun (4,3) |
| RATTLER | A pit viper, a rickety coach/train, a stunning blow/pound or a toy for a baby, each named for a shaky motion, jolting action or a castanet-like sound (7) |
| BREAKIN | How a burglar will train a horse? (5,2) |
| VARIANT | Virginia found getting on special train a strain |
| SAMOYED | Amy does train a white dog (7) |
| FREIGHT | Sort of train a fighter could take? (7) |
| MANAGER | Train a German runner? (7) |
| ARTISAN | Trains a criminal to be a craftsman (7) |
| ETONIAN | First European nation to train a school boy (7) |
| TSARINA | Trains a terrible Russian ruler (7) |
| SINATRA | Crooner trains a replacement (7) |
| RICHARD | Director trains a thoroughbred Cairn terrier at first (7,12) |
| OWL | Strigiform whose name is echoed in a word for a candle-waster, dusk, a night train, a nocturnal reveller, a scholarly look, a solemn/wise person, a tawny-black giant moth's name and, onomatopoeically, |
| DINER | A buffet car on a train; a person eating a meal in a restaurant; or, an American-style roadside eatery (5) |
| STEALTHESIGNALS | Train a hidden camera on a coach, say |
| SCHOOLMATE | Train a friend to become a fellow student |
| COACHMAN | Train a chap to be a driver |
| STATIONARY | Still where one might find a train -- a railway! (10) |
| GETUPANDGO | Train a pet gun dog to display enthusiasm (3,2,3,2) |
| ESPALIER | Train a plant to grow flat on a wall (8) |
