| CHINESEWALL | Insurmountable barrier, a ridge, to stitch everyone up |
| WALE | A stripe/whip mark on the skin; or, something else raised, such as a band around a woven basket; a corduroy rib; a knitted row; a ridge of a horse's collar; or, a strake of a wooden ship (4) |
| STELLAR | Rest made to hold everyone up like a star (7) |
| ISTHATSO | First to go to Panama to stitch-up State - are you serious? (2,4,2) |
| ISOBARS | One ship goes around the circle on a rocky ridge to map lines (7) |
| TREEFERN | Bird circling ridge to find tropical plant (4,4) |
| FREEFORALL | Pinning soldiers on ridge to be captured in melee |
| DRAMA | River breaking barrier - a spectacle of emotion |
| DAMASCUS | Barrier a leading Scottish copper's constructed in capital (8) |
| OSAR | Mountain ridge, to the Sedins |
| WINDFALL | Find breaks in barrier, a bit of good fortune (8) |
| DAMAGES | Barrier a long time getting compensation (7) |
| RAILING | Barrier a inveighing (7) |
| HEDGE | Living barrier a noncommittal statement (5) |
| BALACLAVAS | A college dance outside with sparkling wines, starting off with gear to hold everyone up? (10) |
| COLLAPSE | Everyone up in woodland to fall apart |
| THEATRE | A series of "insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster," per Tom Stoppard |
| RUFUS | King William's almost certain to stitch university fellow up (5) |
| THREADNEEDLE | Prepare to stitch a City of London street (12) |
| WESSEX | It was Alfred's responsibility to stitch up relations |
