| LEARNTOWRITE | Why we initially go to school is to get the hang of how to drop a line (5,2,5) |
| NILE | How to drop a line in the river |
| KARAOKE | Kerry & Andrew initially go to Korea extraordinarily, for a singing contest (7) |
| SECEDE | When Eric Charles initially goes to seed it's time to withdraw from federation (6) |
| TCH | Tom initially goes to church, Oh dear (3) |
| GETAHEAD | First task when staffing new school is to improve on schedule (3,5) |
| TRISECT | Heartless teacher, one at school, is to divide by three (7) |
| SMALL | Sally initially goes to the shopping centre even though it was not big (5) |
| WESTLULWORTH | We initially lived in Southwell, then Teignmouth, and then, at the end of the summer, we moved again to a village near Winfrith Newburgh (4,8) |
| STEALTHESHOW | Before the event, bargain is to get the most attention (5,3,4) |
| BIRO | For a writer, the point of it all is to get the ball at the point. (4) |
| OAFISH | It's clumsy for one of the Poles with a flat blade briefly to drop a line (6) |
| NOOSE | A knot to get the hang of? (5) |
| PEGBOARD | Something to get the hang of in the workshop (8) |
| PANTOGRAPHS | Scale drawers that fail to get the hang of a popstar (11) |
| TYWARDREATH | We initially had a place in Rattery, and then we moved to a small hilltop village near Par (11) |
| CRITIC | It could be disparaging to drop a line to a reviewer (6) |
| OPTIMUM | It's best to choose to drop a line to mother (7) |
| EDUCATE | To send to school is somehow due to Ms Blanchard |
| HEADMASTER | The boy with the crown manages to go to school (10) |
