| FELLIN | Took one's position and collapsed |
| TURNTHETABLES | Reverse one's position and act on the furniture |
| DOUBLESDOWN | Strengthens one's position, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| KEEPSUP | Maintains one's position - and vies with the Jones's? (5,2) |
| BACKDOWN | Abandon one's position and reverse to bottom of a hill? (4,4) |
| ASLEEP | I'd turned pale in the centre of Malmesbury, and collapsed and was no longer fully conscious (6) |
| FALLEN | Half scrambled around fast and hard, and collapsed (6,7) |
| THROUGH | Half scrambled around fast and hard, and collapsed (6,7) |
| FILTERTHROUGH | Half scrambled around fast and hard, and collapsed (6,7) |
| FOLDED | Doubled up and collapsed (6) |
| FOLDEDUP | Doubled over and collapsed (6,2) |
| FELLAPART | Dropped a section and collapsed (4,5) |
| GAVE | Handed something over and collapsed! (4) |
| BUCKLED | The male went ahead, but weakened and collapsed |
| FLAKEDOUT | Organisation coming from UK floated and collapsed (6,3) |
| TUMBLED | Young child's stomach lost blood and collapsed (7) |
| THREATENED | Leant on the tree and collapsed (10) |
| DARN | And collapsed right in, confound it! (4) |
| IMPLODED | Police breaking in half turned and collapsed (8) |
| ATELECTATIC | A hindrance arising in transport after this finally has gone and collapsed |