| PALAESTRA | Training facility in China was essentially established by Gunners |
| REDS | Ohio club with a spring training facility in Sarasota |
| GYM | Training facility, in short (3) |
| ZIGGURAT | Snake cut in half by gunners in empty tower |
| RAILWAYSTATION | Rationality was unusually seen in training facility (7,7) |
| ASIA | When Hoskins was essentially continent? |
| CONQUEST | It was essentially a Daimler badged Lanchester (8) |
| TREWS | Looking back, answer: "trousers" was essentially correct if 13Ac (5) |
| ADVERSE | Fudge served was essentially harmful (7) |
| EVE | Her first offence was essentially scrumping! |
| MONTEREY | It was essentially a Vauxhallbadged Isuzu Trooper (8) |
| GYMNASTICS | China was accused of entering underage competitors in this sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games |
| FRIEDRICE | In 2015, Yangzhou, China, was denied a Guinness record for the largest preparation of this food, about 9,200 lbs., after it was discovered that some of it had gone uneaten, contravening record rules |
| CHAINSAW | China was negligent for making cuts in the Christmas tree market perhaps (8) |
| AQUARIA | Area beside incomplete courtyard - one skirted by gunners in tanks |
| RAINBOW | Display of colours by gunners in front (7) |
| KOWLOON | China was forced to cede which peninsula to Britain in 1860? (7) |
| BARRAGE | Gunfire by gunners in force (7) |
| RWANDA | Rod held by gunners somewhere in Africa |
| BORAX | What may be used to clean up by Gunners in penalty area (5) |
