| VIS | Word surrounding "-a-" |
| CONTEXT | Words surrounding a word or phrase that may fix its true meaning (7) |
| BROKENCLOCKS | Items that are "right twice a day," and a hint to the word surrounding each starred answer |
| ONE | Word surrounding "on" and "by" |
| PARK | Large public garden; a pleasure ground or private estate surrounding a large country house; or, a piece of land kept in its natural condition as a nature reserve (4) |
| GROUND | Terra firma; a canvas or panel to which paints are applied; a cricket field or rugby stadium; or, in plural, acreage or parkland surrounding a large house (6) |
| PLAGE | From French for "beach", a fashionable example of said strand; or, a bright patch surrounding a sunspot in the chromosphere (5) |
| MOAT | A ditch surrounding a castle (4) |
| MAGUS | A lot of inspiration surrounding a good sorcerer (5) |
| ATOLL | A ring-shaped coral island nearly or completely surrounding a lagoon |
| SOS | It preceded "Mayday" from a craft surrounding a duck initially |
| SAC | Bag like cavity / the distended membrane surrounding a cyst, a tumor |
| TETRAGRAM | Four-letter word affected matter surrounding a former king (9) |
| GREENBELT | A zone of farmland, parks and open country surrounding a town or city (9) |
| SHOWTRIAL | New drama about a court case surrounding a student's murder (9) |
| PERIMETER | A ring or space surrounding a figure or site (9) |
| AMBIENT | Surrounding a doctor with one part of a hospital (7) |
| ALABAMA | A dogma, perhaps, surrounding a US state (7) |
| COULIS | Thin puree of vegetables or fruit served as a sauce surrounding a dish |
| BADOMEN | Outlaw surrounding a vault - it's a worrying sign |
