| FASTLANE | Where life is hectic and loud, sealant is used (4,4) |
| MECHANISTIC | Is hectic man running around without thinking? |
| LYNNLAKE | Where "Life Is a Highway" singer Tom Cochrane is from in Manitoba: 2 wds. |
| ATTHETOP | Where life reaches the height of toughness? (2,3,3) |
| INTHEFASTLANE | Where life is exciting and highly pressured (2,3,4,4) |
| RIFFRAFF | Mob jazz figure, far off and loud (4-4) |
| HIGHFIVE | Tall and loud, I have shared celebration (4-4) |
| DRAMATIC | Making play with small Scotch and loud Greek (8) |
| FEARLESS | Confident and loud, though unaware of it? |
| SHRUGOFF | Just ignore source of something unusually rough and loud |
| RESONATE | After explosion, note ears ring long and loud |
| EARTH | Where life is known to exist, it's terminal (5) |
| ECOSPHERE | Copes badly in this place, where life is (9) |
| LAND | Imaginary place where life is perfect (4) |
| NEVERNEVER | Imaginary place where life is perfect (5,5) |
| FISHWIFE | Coarse-mannered and loud woman |
| STANDOFF | Knotted soft and loud tie |
| MILL | Where life is a grind? |
| ELYSIUM | Abode of the blessed dead in Greek mythology, 'where life is easiest for men' (Homer, Odyssey) (7) |
| RATRACE | Hectic and competitive working life (3,4) |
