| DUTCHELMDISEASE | Tree problem causes the middle to rot (5,3,7) |
| LATISSIMUSDORSI | A large muscle extending form the middle to the lower back (10,5) |
| PREFAB | Pressure on the man in the middle to give a first booking to new arrival, already the finished article (6) |
| VICIOUSCIRCLE | A situation in which one problem causes another problem, that then causes the first problem again (7,6) |
| ENCORE | People heading off to the middle to play again (6) |
| THUG | Something in the middle to cling to, tough |
| PROWL | Quietly left the line in the middle to search for prey (5) |
| ASTERN | Flashy auteur warned those in the middle to keep toward the rear |
| MIDDLEYEAST | What causes the center of the dough to rise? |
| BANJO | ___ rear axle, made in one piece with a hoop-shaped portion in the middle to house the drive assembly (5) |
| PONCHO | A cloak of a kind originally worn in South America with a hole in the middle to put the head through |
| GIRTHS | They go around the middle to swap rights (6) |
| TROLL | He winds up meeting in the middle to make progress (5) |
| JUMBOISE | Puzzle, say, is where in the middle to make ship bigger |
| UNITE | Join train in the middle to return |
| PLEAT | Fold paper in the middle to kinky tale |
| SHIMMER | Seethe, getting the middle to sparkle (7) |
| SHAWARMA | Used man in the middle to wrap hot snack (8) |
| DISTEND | 'Effendis' tend (round the middle) to become wider (7) |
| LEGO | Make hole In the middle to release blocks (4) |
