| STARTED | Said about resistance having begun |
| HOLDOUT | Maintain resistance, having sunk putt, we hear (4,3) |
| BRED | Produced resistance, having lie-in? |
| STRAND | Abandon resistance having been overwhelmed by support (6) |
| STRAYED | Behaved like a tomcat and was neutered, resistance having been overcome (7) |
| EAVES | Part of house one quits without having begun (5) |
| DETRACTS | Makes less of having begun to hold Charlie back |
| STARTLED | Shocked learner having begun outside (8) |
| BLUDGEON | Club having begun old broadcast |
| WEARY | Tired out, Ray ended, we having begun (5) |
| OGLED | Looked ahead having begun to go back |
| UNDERWAY | Having begun journey below the road (5,3) |
| BLEEPS | Radio signals, having begun badly, disrupted sleep (6) |
| OFFTHEMARK | Having begun (3,3,4) |
| AIL | Be sick of the post, without having begun it (3) |
| GOONTHESTAGE | Mount a platform, having begun a career in the theatre (2,2,3,5) |
| SCURRIED | Rushed away, having begun supper with an Indian flavour (8) |
| NZOGBIA | Charles ___, French footballer who played for Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa in the Premier League, having begun his career at "23" |
| UNITY | Having begun it, yet reveals it as a single whole (5) |
| LEDBACK | Wrongly blacked for having begun a return to work (3,4) |
