| ADVENTCALENDAR | Turn of theatre school to hold opening, about to provide card with series of them? (6,8) |
| TAXHAVEN | Thank you kiss to hold opening night in Monaco, for instance (3,5) |
| BARSTOW | "We were somewhere around ___ on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." (opening line in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas") |
| CASCADE | Small waterfall or series of them (7) |
| GATEPOST | Holds opening for theatre position (8) |
| APSE | Primate holds opening of Sabbath recess (4) |
| OPERAS | Goes around to exercise for Irish cycling race with series of four cycles famous in the ring (6) |
| TEST | Opens the early session first, finishing with series of questions to be answered (4) |
| TITTUPED | Pranced like horse tied up loosely with series of races to enter |
| VIADUCT | Bridge with series of arches used to carry a road or railway over a valley (7) |
| LEFT | Sinister opening about to disappear (4) |
| CALDERA | Volcanic opening about to swallow tree |
| RIPER | Opening about to come up after further development |
| INTERVIEW | Italian team has to contend with series of probing questions? |
| STACCATO | Felines upset Roman statesman with series of short, sharp sounds (8) |
| OSBERT | B with series of maps having live radio telegraphy in short (6) |
| BOWLAMAIDENOVER | Affect a girl deeply with series of unproductive deliveries (4,1,6,4) |
| GOLDTHREAD | Revered figure penning line with series of postings? That's valuable material (4,6) |
| OVERBOLD | Too adventurous with series of deliveries completed, we hear (8) |
| SONATA | Disturbed NATO in African country with series of movements (6) |
