| VAIN | Unproductive blood vessel, it is said (4) |
| URN | Grecian vessel - it is missing from Turin (3) |
| LUGGERS | Vessels it is a struggle to turn without a T-top (7) |
| HOMERUN | Old writer has empty vessel - it covers all bases (4,3) |
| UPTURN | Put crude in vessel - it produces improvement (6) |
| STEAMS | With the players on board the vessel, it travels (6) |
| VAPORETTI | Hole in vessel, it capsizing a€“ transport in 20 (9) |
| POWERCUT | Superior group capsized, stuck in vessel -- it could suggest an emergency (5,3) |
| PLOT | Mystery over the allotment site thickens, it is said (4) |
| ADDS | Tacks on a woodworking tool, it is said (4) |
| DAIS | It is said to be wrong, coming from the platform (4) |
| IDLY | Some of it is said lying in a nonchalant way (4) |
| MAIN | The most important American state it is said (4) |
| DEAR | Love animals, it is said (4) |
| LYNX | Creature makes connections, so it is said (4) |
| RIME | Hoarfrost in poetry it is said (4) |
| LIMB | Large tree branch, it is said (4) |
| HOES | Weeds in water container it is said (4) |
| FETE | Inevitability, so it is said, for fundraising garden party (4) |
| AMEN | It is said to put an end to prayer (4) |
