| FIRSTLIGHT | Trees closely packed around lake in the dawn (5,5) |
| WOODS | Collections of trees, closely packed (5) |
| LOCAL | Look around lake in the neighbourhood (5) |
| BACKPEDALS | Reverses slab that's shaped and packed around (4,6) |
| CASHEW | Nut tree closely related to poison ivy |
| CLEMENTINE | Similar to mandarin employed in the building industry around lake in Spain (10) |
| RESETTLING | Getting comfortable again around lake in background (10) |
| GEORGE | Author of the novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn (6,7) |
| TAPIR | Swinelike creature in the "Dawn of Man" sequence in "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| GISSING | George ?, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn (7) |
| KIGALI | Introduction of koalas in gums around lake in African city (6) |
| TOPOFTHEMORNING | The humming-bird in the dawn chorus, or what it's saying (3,2,3,7) |
| BLACKBIRD | Garden, woodland and parkland inhabitant that sings in the dawn chorus with the song thrush, robin, wren, chiffchaff and others (9) |
| AURORA | Ship that turned red in the dawn |
| WREN | Singer in the dawn chorus |
| HEALTH | Moorland around lake in good shape (6) |
| CORACLE | Commanding officer has to hurry around lake in boat |
| PROVENCAL | Demonstrated around lake in French region |
| PALMA | Dance right around lake in Pennsylvania (5) |
| LINGER | Hang around lake in Germany? Lots leave (6) |
