| OVERDRESSED | Reversed so poorly, then drove initially in wrong gear (11) |
| GERBERA | Daisy exhausted, riding bicycle initially in wrong gear (7) |
| EXACT | Cut on outside by blade reversed, so accurate |
| OSPREY | Predator thus reversed - then the opposite? |
| INIMITABLE | Distinctive little car reversed, then one put forward |
| GIANTKILLER | Taking poorly, then worse: cause of the upset? |
| DISPELLED | I'd reversed, made an incantation, then drove off (9) |
| IMMIGRANT | One joining country road observed both ways, then drove into fast car |
| TACITURN | Silent by nature, I act poorly then take a different tack (8) |
| VACILLATE | Dither poorly then leave outside (9) |
| MONITORED | Checked then drove round Northern Ireland (9) |
| BRIGADIER | In wrong gear? That's right, officer (9) |
| EDGAR | He starts driving in wrong gear |
| ANGER | Pole in wrong gear shows annoyance (5) |
| GERBERAS | Daisies riding bicycle eccentrically at first, in wrong gears (8) |
| ISOLATED | Dealt so poorly with one in quarantine, perhaps (8) |
| DRIVINGLESSON | In which the instructor won't wear the wrong gear (7,6) |
| GLASGOWRANGERS | Scots team displays wrong gear, oddly, in the Mirror (7,7) |
| EXGRATIA | Taxi, driven round in the wrong gear, as a favour (2,6) |
| RAGE | Blow one's top in the wrong gear (4) |
