| 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) |
| ANATHEMA | Song about a leader in Africa is abhorrent |
| HATEABLE | Hard bit apt to be abhorrent (8) |
| IBBETSON | 1's novel began abhorrent story's end (10,5) |
| THOUGHTS | 1's novel began abhorrent story's end (10,5) |
| OFTERROR | 1's novel began abhorrent story's end (10,5) |
| MISTRESS | 1's novel began abhorrent story's end (10,5) |
| FORGIRLS | 1's novel began abhorrent story's end (10,5) |
| SWAPPING | 1's novel began abhorrent story's end (10,5) |
