| PHONING | Working in good pub - at the start, it's buzzing |
| SOON | ...really working in good time |
| HIVE | It's buzzing with activity |
| PULITZER | Literature - almost nothing turned up at the start, its prize-giver found (8) |
| WALLPAPER | Exam with a fifty-fifty at the start - it's bland and unoriginal |
| INTHEBEGINNING | At the start, it's Gospel (2,3,9) |
| HISTRIONICS | Chap's right one to interrupt keynote speech at the start - it's play-acting |
| PINNACLE | Chaotic place surrounds the pub at the top (8) |
| BARB | The counter of a pub, at the end, comes to a point (4) |
| RETURN | Pub at the centre of life on the cobbles (6) |
| ROVERS | Pub at the centre of life on the cobbles (6) |
| BARNOWL | Hunter in pub at the moment having second glass |
| LOCALE | Spot pub at the end of lane (6) |
| CORNERBAR | Local pub at the nearby intersection |
| FLYINGSCHOOL | Offers lessons to those who want to competently land fish? From the start, it's for the birds! (6,6) |
| ROOFING | Protecting material from penetration after the start - it's what builders are paid to do (7) |
| INDIGNANT | Up in arms at taunt in pub at social worker (9) |
| BEGINNING | Start by being outside good pub (9) |
| BESTSELLER | Perhaps "The Good Pub Guide" gives report of superior place for drink (4,6) |
| TOAD | Amphibians are welcome at The--- , rugby pub at Newlands, Cape Town (4) |
