| CALORIFIC | Fuel lacking oxygen, hole not entirely creating heat |
| SHOVELFUL | Some coal maybe in Southern shack - fuel lacking effectiveness originally (9) |
| LEADFREEGAS | Fuel lacking a certain hazardous compound |
| DISPEL | Drive off with fuel lacking energy, restricting power |
| BORE | Black mineral in hole not something of interest |
| HOEDOWN | Dance floor after hole (not large) appears |
| BURRO | Farm animal's hole not finished (5) |
| SHOE | Small hole, not large, in 9 say |
| SOLENT | Fish not lacking oxygen in narrow strait (6) |
| PANT | Old man not lacking oxygen has to breathe heavily (4) |
| OFFTHEPEG | How golfers start a hole not designed to suit them? (3,3,3) |
| DOGLEGGED | Determined to get round part of course - this kind of hole's not straightforward |
| TILER | One working high up, labourer lacking oxygen (5) |
| BRIG | Prison is dull, lacking oxygen and nitrogen (4) |
| DEFLECT | Turn aside - awfully cold feet, lacking oxygen (7) |
| ASTERIDIANS | 'Starfish' (minor planet lacking oxygen) - Martians here? Only half of them (11) |
| ANTHRAX | Disease in granny's heart and chest, lacking oxygen |
| SMUT | Fungal disease of acer leaves - twisted taproots, lacking oxygen (3,4) |
| SPOT | Fungal disease of acer leaves - twisted taproots, lacking oxygen (3,4) |
| TAR | Fungal disease of acer leaves - twisted taproots, lacking oxygen (3,4) |
