| SECONDCOUSIN | Relative concussed in game around start of October (6,6) |
| SWERVE | Start game around start of winter and go off course? (6) |
| ROUT | King concussed in defeat (4) |
| STORMTROOPER | Soldier's charge account set up around start of October |
| METROSTATION | Given a job afterwards, having bumped into them right at the start of October in Gare du Nord, perhaps? |
| PHILOSOPHISE | Open your mind and arrange short vacations for flower-children at the start of October. (12) |
| ISLEOFMAY | Site of Scotland's oldest bird observatory ... mayflies moved around start of October! (4,2,3) |
| MOIST | Damp haze around start of October (5) |
| ARGOSY | A white-flowered rhododendron Gary's moved around start of October (6) |
| UNAPPROACHABLE | Aloof pal urbane chap upset around start of October (14) |
| SIROCCO | Oppressive southeast wind ravages most of Corsica by start of October (7) |
| ORATION | Speech prepared in rota after start of October (7) |
| OBEY | Listen to live between the start of October and the end of January |
| FANCYDRESSBALL | Rather like part of game around deck in social occasion (5,5,4) |
| SAWGRASS | Sedge plant, active over start of October, grows wild at rear (8) |
| SOWETO | Urban settlement so damp before start of October |
| ONTHEGO | Active period without Mike, such as start of October (2,3,2) |
| IGNEOUS | At the start of October, genius reorganised classification for rock |
| LOBELIA | Plant liable to change about start of October (7) |
| OLE | At the start of October the French cry (3) |
