| LAYATRAP | Attempt to catch a partly abhorrent leader, failing (3,1,4) |
| ERYMANTHIANBOAR | Labour's beast trashed May: "An abhorrent leader of idiots" (11,4) |
| SLACKEN | Skinhead to defame leader failing to relax (7) |
| PRIMEREALESTATE | A lot valued textbook Wallaby skipper on leader failing, say (5,4,6) |
| TAPESTRY | Attempt to catch primates left finally hanging |
| TERTIARY | Third attempt to catch irate criminal |
| RAINBIRD | Verbally control attempt to catch right type of woodpecker |
| HALFMAST | The position of a partly lowered flag in respect for the dead or in signal of distress (4,4) |
| IMAGO | I am having an attempt to catch a butterfly, for example |
| NOTARY | No attempt to catch a solicitor |
| IAGO | I attempt to catch a Shakespearean villain |
| SHOOT | Photograph an attempt to catch a ball (5) |
| TOPUP | Term for an amount added to augment, boost, recharge or supplement, such as a replenishment of a partly full cup/glass or additional credit bought for a mobile phone (3-2) |
| PURSUIT | Attempt to catch, though it is a job (7) |
| TREATY | Agreement to attempt to catch swallow (6) |
| FISHY | Dubious attempt to catch youth leader (5) |
| TRAWL | Attempt to catch fish with a large net |
| ANGLERS | Those who attempt to catch fish with a rod and line (7) |
| TRENDY | In a final attempt to catch (6) |
| DEMIGOD | In mythology, the offspring of a god and a mortal; a partly divine being (7) |
