| TIGHTEN | Turn the screw on the colossus I hear (7) |
| TWISTER | Does he dishonestly turn the screws on? (7) |
| PRISONOFFICER | Screw on the doors inside (6,7) |
| TITAN | Turn the screw soundly on Saturn's satellite (5) |
| LIGHTENUP | Turn the screw left not right ultimately, to relax? (7,2) |
| PROPELLER | With pep, roller turns the screw (9) |
| SQUEEZE | Put the screws on queen-size ensemble reduced by one inch (7) |
| ENFORCE | Put the screws on workmen for celebrations inside (7) |
| TELFORD | Nicknamed the Colossus of Roads, Scotsman who was brought up in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson and went on to design the Caledonian Canal and Menai Suspension Bridge (7) |
| RHODIAN | Thus the Colossus managed to carry the first load of bricks (7) |
| INROADS | Encroachments where the Colossus stood, we hear (7) |
| WONDERS | The Colossus of Rhodes and six more! (5,7,2,3,5) |
| MAINSQUEEZE | Pirate's haunt put the screws on regular girlfriend (4,7) |
| MESSAGE | News of the screw-up takes a long time to get to (7) |
| UNCOVER | Reveal that the screw thread has ended (7) |
| LOOSEST | Least firmly fixed: I took out the - screw, eg |
| THREATEN | Put the screws on X after change of heart (8) |
| CRACKTHEWHIP | Put the screws on (5,3,4) |
| PUMPS | Puts the screws on dancing shoes (5) |
| DEBRIEFS | Puts the screws on pumps and grills (8) |
