| ATTAINMENT | Gain a best finish when put in skipping diversion (10) |
| SQUAREDANCE | Paid off pilot, including unspecified amount for skipping diversion |
| CARLOSSAINZ | Formula One driver whose best finish to date was fourth in the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix |
| ROBINFREEMAN | His best finish on the 2000 PGA TOUR is 3rd at the Nissan Open |
| ENDANGERED | Finish being incensed when put in jeopardy (10) |
| ADAMSAPPLE | Very quiet when put in water, with a lump in one's throat (5,5) |
| FILEACLAIM | Speaking praise for data collection when put in for compensation (4,1,5) |
| THREATENED | Menaced when put in jeopardy |
| AGENDAS | A note to finish when these things are discussed (7) |
| DING | Approaching the finish, when Yankee's involved in minor crash |
| VODKA | Spirit had very good finish when stored in oak flakes (5) |
| ROSEMARY | In skipping tutorial, boy gets round girl |
| INES | Spanish woman tucks in, skipping starter |
| OMITTING | Turn around keeping hand in skipping (8) |
| AGED | Degas didn't finish when upset and elderly (4) |
| ENDOWED | Provided funds to finish when payable (7) |
| SPEEDSTER | Boy racer, unrelenting, failing to finish when suppressed by drug (9) |
| ROUNDOFF | Finish when golf game is cancelled (5,3) |
| ENDIVE | Vegetable will finish when I've finished with it (6) |
| AFTERALL | The position of the last to finish when everything has been considered (5,3) |
