| DOUBTER | Origins of British tank engine are in dreary one such as Thomas |
| BRIDGEBUILDER | One promoting harmonious relationships, such as Thomas Telford? |
| CHIEFTAIN | Modification to fit in each British tank (9) |
| RUT | Exciting time, or dreary one? (3) |
| BALI | Island origin of British boxer (4) |
| HAVINGABLAST | Woo-hoo! The engines are firing, all systems are go, and we are feeling good! |
| LEADEN | In audition acted as director in dreary atmosphere (6) |
| LEOMCKERN | Cast as Thomas Ryan in Ryan's Daughter (3,6) |
| DEPP | Actor who rose to fame as Thomas "Tom" Hanson Jr. in 21 Jump Street, Johnny _ (4) |
| CILLIAN | Irish actor seen as Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders (7,6) |
| MURPHY | Irish actor seen as Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders (7,6) |
| REDARMY | Man in dreary assembly of old foreign forces (3,4) |
| DISMANTLE | Pull down theatre in dreary end of avenue (9) |
| DAVIDBOWIE | Singer-actor who starred as Thomas Jerome Newton in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth |
| BOWIE | Singer actor who starred as Thomas Jerome Newton in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth (5) |
| DAVID | Singer actor who starred as Thomas Jerome Newton in 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth (5) |
| AERO | Such engines are possibly round (4) |
| SNIPER | Luis Llosa film starring Tom Berenger as Thomas Beckett (6) |
| RED | ___ River, starring John Wayne as Thomas Dunson (3) |
| WOLF | ___ Hall, 2015 mini-series which starred Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell (4) |
