| BECAUSEITSTHERE | Reason for mounting desire could be the sauciest beer |
| SUITCASE | A piece of luggage that could be the sauciest (8) |
| ASPIRANT | His desire could make him partisan |
| SLUICEGATES | The sauciest leg reveal, used in a locking process (6,5) |
| HONEYPOT | Mounting desire to be in photo troubled centre of attraction (8) |
| NEEDY | Craving attention, journalist is trapped by mounting desire (5) |
| PLATFORM | From "ground plan" , 'flat shape", a raised level, surface of planks etc, such as a stage for speakers, a place for mounting guns, the floor of a bus or a pavement for rail passengers; or, a basis of |
| STIFFENER | Frenchman with female is the right size for mounting - Viagra? |
| ROOM | Opportunity for mounting Othello, for example |
| DEFORM | Change the shape of area of slide for mounting (6) |
| ALBUM | Blank book for mounting photos, stamps etc (5) |
| EXTRA | Run out of paintings for mounting (5) |
| TOOL | Device for mounting rifle (4) |
| GUNDECK | A deck aboard a ship used for mounting of cannon (3,4) |
| ASCENT | A bouquet for mounting (6) |
| BAITINGSTEELS | Tool for mounting e.g. boilie on hair-rig (7,6) |
| SLIDES | Flat pieces of glass for mounting objects under a microscope (6) |
| HAIRS | Plastic/nylon filaments for mounting baits (5) |
| REPROOF | Censure theatre with nothing brought in for mounting |
| ENTHUSIASTIC | Eager to see thin, sauciest pants (12) |
