| MONKEYNUTS | Ground breakers from Milton Keynes dropping bits and swallowing tonic (6,4) |
| ELI | Priest regularly dropping bits of éclair |
| DISPIRITED | Depressed and, swallowing hard stuff, expired (10) |
| VEGETATING | Having a dull time - herbivorous, say, and swallowing last of meat |
| HIGHASAKITE | Smelling a rice wine and, swallowing it, drunk (4,2,1,4) |
| BUCKINGHAM | Small town west of Milton Keynes (10) |
| SURF | Breakers from Soviet Union's Russian Federation leaders |
| SEAWALL | It prevents the breakers from having a smashing time (3-4) |
| AKABUSI | Surname of Kriss, former athlete, presenter on Record Breakers from 1993 to 1997 (7) |
| ARNESS | Gunsmoke star dropping bit from horse gear (6) |
| IDI | He seized power from Milton in Uganda |
| CAMPERVAN | Holiday home is more affected by ground-breakers |
| ALIBABA | Tom, a lead singer from Milton Abbas, is taking three months off towards the end of the year to prepare for a role in a pantomime (3,4) |
| CHESELBOURNE | Our son likes to have a beer in the Lion's Head in the centre of our village, right next to the church about three miles from Milton Abbas (12) |
| GEORGEHWBUSH | Big guy from Milton |
| UMBRAGE | Offence, dropping bit of cloth in centre of estuary |
| ENCASES | Wraps biro holders, dropping bit of paper (7) |
| RUNT | Maybe GI initially dropping bit of litter |
| CELERY | Famous person dropping bit, part of a salad? (6) |
| HOES | Ground-breakers |
