| MYSTERYTOUR | Trip to a surprise destination |
| PASSAGE | You may be required to work it for a free trip to a part of a mine (7) |
| LEIPZIG | The last letter I sent to my sweetheart, a GP who has a large place in the centre of Devizes, was about organising our trip to a place in Germany (7) |
| BRECONBEACONS | Ben, a company head who lives in Barncoose, is organising a trip to a popular tourist destination in South Wales (6,7) |
| LEAPUP | React to a surprise, perhaps |
| STARTING | Reacting nervously to a surprise beginning |
| YOUGUYS | Grateful response to a surprise party |
| GASP | Reaction to a surprise |
| BUTNO | Segue to a surprise story ending |
| GASPED | Reacted to a surprise, perhaps |
| ARABIA | I am meeting up with two of my mates in a bar in West Ashton to arrange our trip to a place in south-west Asia (6) |
| BOOKSHOP | They're bound to sell on a short trip to a novel place? (8) |
| LIMASIERRADELTA | It's dropped for a trip, to a pilot |
| ANGOLA | A long trip to a country in Africa |
| STONE | It may be skipped on a trip to a lake |
| BEACH | Shirley Temple sang, "On the good ship, Lollipop; It's a sweet trip to a candy shop; Where bonbons p |
| SHIP | Shirley Temple sang, "On the good ... Lollipop; It's a sweet trip to a candy shop; Where bonbons pla |
| NATAL | Three of my mates who live in Lana are arranging a trip to a place on the Atlantic coast of Brazil (5) |
| BARONIAL | Blair on a trip to a hall that's this grand? (8) |
| SIOUXFALLS | Johnny Cash's boy reportedly takes a trip to a city in South Dakota (5,5) |