| LIFT | Word for an elevator or ski tow; a free ride in someone else's car; or a boost to one's mood or spirits (4) |
| TONE | Clue to one's mood |
| HITCH | An hour-long ride in somebody else's car |
| THUMB | Request a free ride in Northumbria |
| CAR | Part of an elevator or a long train |
| DOWN | One direction for an elevator |
| SHAFT | Opening for an elevator |
| TBAR | Alpine lift or ski tow; or, a style of strap for a Mary Jane-like shoe (1-3) |
| STROP | Word for a leather thong for honing a razor that can also refer to a bad mood or a temper tantrum (5) |
| TRAWL | From "drag, draw, haul, pull, tow", a blazed/beaten path, such as a stag's trampled abature through underwood or that followed during a drag hunt; or, a road, route or way generally (5) |
| MIEN | Word for a person's air, bearing, look or manner, especially as an indication of their general demeanour, mood or personality (4) |
| SPIRIT | Word for breath of life; vital principle; the soul; a spectre, such as Dickens's Ghost of Christmas Past; fire, pizzazz, sparkle, vigour or zest; the prevailing cheery, Christmassy or festive mood; or |
| CLIMATE | Long-term weather conditions in an area or country; or, by extension, the prevailing mood or trend (7) |
| ROOFRACK | A box, carrier, framework or set of bars for carrying bikes, luggage or skis on the top of one's car (4,4) |
| TEMPER | Hardness of metal; one's mood; lime to neutralise the acidity of cane juice; or, a fit of ill-humour (6) |
| VEIN | Vessel conveying blood towards the heart; mood; or, a streak in wood, cheese or marble (4) |
| MOROSE | In a bad mood or in some bind (6) |
| ZEITGEIST | The defining mood or spirit of a certain time in history shown by its ideas and beliefs (9) |
| BYE | Free ride in a tennis tournament. |
| DRAG | Tow a bit of a boring thing |
