| SYMONS | Which former Skyhooks member got as far as the $500,000 question on Australia's Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2000? (6) |
| REDSYMONS | Former Skyhooks guitarist, now radio host (Picture C) (3,6) |
| EVEREST | Peak that would be a mile below the water's surface if overturned into the ocean's deepest point |
| ONEINCH | Single 26Dn could be a mile on a map (3-4) |
| LIME | Citrus fruit could be a mile off |
| STRACHAN | Skyhooks singer, Shirley ... (8) |
| STRAUKS | Skyhooks drummer, Freddie ... (7) |
| REACHED | Got as far as "yearned once more to" |
| ACHE | Got as far as: "In a red case and long" (4) |
| CAMETO | Got as far as wrapping the coat round me (4,2) |
| SPORRAN | Snooker, say, almost got as far as pocket in Scottish gear (7) |
| SCABBARD | It covers the hurt the poet got as he put his sword in it (8) |
| THETALISMAN | Stephen King and Peter Straub novel about a boy seeking a magical artifact that can heal his sick mother, featuring a Michigan college |
| UNLESS | You need to have the first word as far as the ultimatum is concerned (6) |
| ATHENE | Greek capital comes to a different conclusion, as far as the goddess is concerned (6) |
| NEWBIESKNEWBEES | Why the college freshmen got A's on their entomology exam? |
| CATALOGUES | Lists got as a clue for a change |
| NATS | They play about a mi. south of the Capitol |
| DOTTIERDETROIT | New slogan for a Michigan city trying to seem a little more |
| UPTOAPOINT | To a certain extent as far as the full stop (2,2,1,5) |
