| STATEOFAFFAIRS | Way the land lies (5,2,7) |
| SURVEYOR | He knows the way the land lies (8) |
| SEALEVEL | Witness told has some neck in between the French and the Spanish indicating how the land lies! (3,5) |
| GOALIES | The keepers can tell you where the land lies |
| CANVASS | Sails South to see how the land lies |
| TAKESTOCK | See how the land lies to shop-lift |
| ISLE | How the land lies, possibly! (4) |
| RECCE | See how the land lies (5) |
| RECONNOITRE | Explore, and see how the land lies |
| RECONNOITEE | Explore, and see how the land lies |
| TERRAFIRMA | How the land lies perhaps for fairer mart (5,5) |
| SUSSOUT | Enterprise could be embraced by "Le Midi" shortly? See how the land lies (4,3) |
| STRAWPOLL | Take walk around a quarter quietly - it'll show how the land lies |
| CONTOURLINE | Conservative travelling round with policy - it helps to show how the land lies |
| SCOUT | Starting from scratch when away to see how the land lies |
| OCHIUCHUS | Located north-west of the Milky Way, the "serpent bearer" constellation known as the 13th sign of the zodiac (9) |
| PILGRIMAGE | Meaningful journey on foot, such as one taken on a route such as Brigid's Way, St Michael's Way, the Great Stones Way and the Finchale Camino Ingl's (10) |
| IMMODEST | I am on the way - the way forward (8) |
| HEADSTONE | The way the boss speaks in the graveyard? (9) |
| STIR | By the way, the Irish started the commotion (4) |