| CALABASH | Shell ready to take over an experimental facility (8) |
| MUTINOUS | Ready to take over the ship, perhaps |
| SPACELAB | Experimental facility flown on US Shuttle |
| IBOGAINE | Psychoactive alkaloid used as an experimental treatment for drug and alcohol addiction (8) |
| ALABAMAN | An experimental venue a chap found in a state? |
| TESTTUBE | Cricket match underground is an experimental item (4,4) |
| TESTFLEW | Tried out, as an experimental aircraft |
| ALABASTER | Gypsum plant behind an experimental facility |
| NEXTINLINE | Person ready to take over (4,2,4) |
| WACS | Their 1943 manual said, 'Be Ready To Take Over' |
| TENNISPLAYERS | Ready to take over pub, turn up with team, they'll serve (6,7) |
| DORDOGNE | Department ready to take in head of research lab, perhaps? (8) |
| SKYDIVER | One ready to take a fall? |
| ENTRYFEE | Ready to take part, young fellows at first interrupting course (5,3) |
| LEYLAND | UK automobile company, noted mainly for buses and trucks, active from 1896 and through linked companies to the present day, though the name is little mentioned nowadays after much company take-over an |
| INHERITANCE | Take over an Anglican estate (11) |
| WESTWORLD | Sci-fi thriller where robots take over an amusement park (9) |
| USURP | Take over an endless wild pursuit |
| HERMITCRAB | Crustacean which takes over an empty shell |
| LAB | Party overlooks our experimental facility (3) |
