| SIDECARS | We're attached to motorbikes, upsetting Cressida (8) |
| TARBABY | Sailor and his girl were attached to Brer Rabbit |
| ADDENDA | Things that were attached are dead and gone astray |
| RIBOSOME | Motorbikes gutted, customised with cell synthesiser (8) |
| SCOOTERS | Cost rose extraordinarily for small motorbikes (8) |
| KAWASAKI | Shozo, Japanese trader who formed a company in 1878 later noted for its motorbikes (8) |
| ANYWHERE | Which Way To ____, first book in an intended fantasy series by children's author Cressida Cowell (8) |
| ACHILLES | He was the son of Peleus and Thetis and chief hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War. In Troilus and Cressida (act 1, scene 2), Cressida says, "There among the Greeks ___, a better man than Troilus." |
| PANDAROS | In medieval legend, the procurer of Cressida on behalf of Troilus (8) |
| SMILEAND | "You ___ mock me...": "Troilus and Cressida" |
| PANDARUS | Lovers' go-between (Troilus and Cressida) |
| EBOOKS | Remove trim from motorbikes for literary types who don't want to leave a paper trail (1-5) |
| TRIUMPH | Historic UK automobile marque, with convoluted ownership history, first building bikes, then motorbikes, and finally cars from 1921 to '84 (7) |
| HOGS | Takeover society of local motorbikes (4) |
| YAMAHA | Big name in motorbikes (6) |
| CHROME | Popular decorative metallic coating on cars and motorbikes |
| MOPEDS | Low-powered motorbikes (6) |
| RALLY | A get-together for cars or motorbikes, say (5) |
| KICKSTART | Old motorbikes feature thrills with skill rounding junction (9) |
| HONDA | Maker of some motorbikes |
