| NOFUN | A drag |
| SPAT | A large drop of rain; a petty quarrel; a short cloth gaiter; a drag-reducing fairing or pant for an aircraft wheel; a baby mussel, oyster or other mollusc; or, said shellfish collectively (4) |
| 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) |
| TUGOFWAR | A bit of a drag leading the little boat of the navy (3,2,3) |
| REARGUARDACTION | A drag raconteur, I am fighting a losing battle (9,6) |
| TARRY | Drag heels, like lips after many a drag? |
| UNDERTOW | Where one gets a verruca? Sounds like quite a drag (8) |
| AGOUTI | Rodent that's a bit of a drag out in South America (6) |
| DECAMP | Leave, as a drag queen might do after a gig? (6) |
| TRAIL | What a drag to find a beaten path! (5) |
| BORNTHISWAY | Lady Gaga hit with the lyric "Don't be a drag, just be a queen" |
| TBAR | No solace for wine-drinker here, we hear a just a drag on the slopes (1-3) |
| SHORTHAUL | Flight that's a bit of a drag? |
| LIGHTUP | Take a drag and give a smile? (5,2) |
| SLAYS | Kills, as a dragon or in a drag show |
| THEBIRDCAGE | 1996 film in which Robin Williams plays a drag club owner, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| BIND | It's a bit of a drag to tie something so tightly (4) |
| BUXOM | Like a drag queen with a breast plate |
| RUPAUL | American drag queen who created a Drag Race in 2009 (6) |
| NICOTINE | It's dangerous and a bit of a drag |
