| SOFTENUP | Weaken resistance of son frequently before beak |
| PRODNOSE | Snooper small town’s put up before beak |
| OFT | Frequently, before a hyphen |
| THEGIFTOFTHEGAB | Ability to talk soldier into theft frequently before male with bag turned up (3,4,2,3,3) |
| SOFTEN | Son frequently showing temper (6) |
| SOFTSHOE | Son frequently going to Oxford, say, dancing (4-4) |
| SOFTHEARTED | Easily-moved son frequently tried restraining Lawrence, initially |
| SOFTSPOKEN | Persuasive son frequently gets work over in South Ken |
| SOFT | Son frequently delicate |
| SNAPPY | Fashionable son frequently changed underwear |
| RHEOSTAT | Something affecting resistance of East German during change of heart (8) |
| LABOURER | Party note resistance of one of the workers (8) |
| FOE | Last bit of resistance of retreating enemy |
| GANDHI | Political and spiritual leader of India who pioneered the resistance of tyranny through nonviolent civil disobedience (6) |
| DODDIE | Delivering regularly warped, wedged door before last resistance of great Scots lock (6,6,4) |
| GEORGE | Delivering regularly warped, wedged door before last resistance of great Scots lock (6,6,4) |
| WEIR | Delivering regularly warped, wedged door before last resistance of great Scots lock (6,6,4) |
| EPIDERMIC | Outbreak blocked by resistance of the outer skin (9) |
| DEFENCE | Resistance of French at barrier (7) |
| DISARM | Overcome resistance of duke with a king in theory (6) |
