| ONTHEMEND | Their responsibility and objective: getting better (2,3,4) |
| TRENDY | Cool and objective in test (6) |
| END | Blyton not independent and objective (3) |
| GOOFFDUTY | Finish with responsibility and come to hate import tax? (2,3,4) |
| REVISION | Hesitation about stated aims and objectives in modified document |
| TARGETS | Fixed goals and objectives. (7) |
| TAKECHARGE | Assume responsibility and accept payment (4,6) |
| TAKEOVER | Assume responsibility and head for safety, avoiding cold |
| HAVEALOTONONESPLATE | Bear much responsibility and prepare to get stuffed! |
| ONUS | Our responsibility and where it lies (4) |
| BUCKLES | Collapses from responsibility and sleeps intermittently (7) |
| PLEADINNOCENT | Deny responsibility and request racket without money (5,8) |
| WALKOUT | Abandon a responsibility and leave (4,3) |
| TAKINGCHARGE | Assuming responsibility and accepting payment |
| SLACKS | Avoids responsibility and work (6) |
| ESG | Corporate responsibility and sustainability inits. |
| DUTYFREE | No responsibility and less taxing (4,4) |
| REMITTANCE | Area of responsibility and way of thinking needs no introduction to settlement (10) |
| EGGTIMER | Sweetheart, riding horse, recalls responsibility and lets people know breakfast's ready |
| EXPLOITABLE | "Reporting the news is a privilege and a responsibility, and it is not ____" (Meet Joe Black) |
