| INDRI | A large short-tailed Madagascan lemur protected by train driver (5) |
| PANAMACANAL | Hat is able to provide a large short cut (6,5) |
| SIGNAL | Remarkable thing followed by train driver? (6) |
| RHODESIAN | --- ridgeback, a large, short-haired dog, originally bred for hunting in southern Africa (9) |
| DRILL | Train driver's edgy, in a bad way (5) |
| KAREN | And 12ac Glaswegian who was the first woman in Britain to be a train driver (5,8) |
| LEMUR | Long-tailed Madagascan primate |
| HIPPO | Large, short-legged African mammal (5) |
| RABBI | Religious type in boozer knocked back large short |
| LINES | Actors and train drivers must know these well! (5) |
| ASLEF | Mick Whelan is General Secretary of this train-drivers' union (5) |
| SUNFISH | Large, short-tailed marine creature of the genus Mola (7) |
| AYEAYE | Madagascan lemur described by naturalist Gerald Durrell as a "beast with a magic finger"; or, without hyphen, a response at sea (3-3) |
| SIGNALS | What advise a train driver while proceeding along a track? (7) |
| BLOWSTHEWHISTLE | How train driver exposes corruption? (5,3,7) |
| BOYHOOD | During which time one might traditionally have dreamed of becoming a train driver? (7) |
| GUARDSVAN | Where the old train driver had a break, say? (6,3) |
| BACARDI | Large short, drinking last of Havana Club, perhaps - this it? (7) |
| GOSHAWK | Large, short-winged, forest-dwelling bird of prey used in falconry (7) |
| LABRADOR | Breed of medium-large short-coated retriever (8) |
