| HOLES | A golf course has 18 |
| TEES | River course has eighteen of these (4) |
| TROUGH | Time on part of golf course has low point (6) |
| GONG | A decoration, of course, has a certain resonance (4) |
| APU | "The Simpsons" character whose last name has 18 letters |
| KETTLE | Boiler has 18 confused about race (6) |
| TONSURE | Heavyweight, of course, has such a shave (7) |
| MASCOT | Frenchman on course has a reputation for being lucky with the followers (6) |
| MOCHA | A flavoured coffee? Mine, of course, has aroma primarily (5) |
| FOREGONE | Previous warning of course has worked |
| SOURCE | Spring course has to be relocated (6) |
| DISMISS | Sack girl after course has finished early |
| OUTRE | Unconventional course has introduction moved nearer conclusion |
| OUTER | Exterior course has start put back (5) |
| DISINTEREST | Lack of involvement during half-term break, after course has almost finished |
| DIGIT | What green-fingered person of course has something to do with flower bed |
| NETTLE | The dead variety, of course, has lost its sting (6) |
| LIVERPUDLIAN | Paul McCartney's one meat course has lain abandoned! (12) |
| FAIRWAY | Smooth area of a golf course between tee box and putting green; or, a nautical term for a navigable part of a harbour (7) |
| APRON | Section either of a boxing ring, a golf course or a theatre stage; or, a, garment worn to protect clothes (5) |
