| IASSUME | "If my logic is correct" |
| SADDENS | A theologian trapped by endless logic is depressing (7) |
| ALLEGORIC | Real logic is used like a metaphor (9) |
| TREASONOUS | In our view adopting logic is subversive |
| REASON | Logic is so near to its adaptation (6) |
| SOPHIST | One whose logic is faulty |
| IDLE | "Am I vital / If my heart is ___?" (Moses Sumney) |
| INTHEORY | "If my calculations are correct . . ." |
| ITAKEIT | What happens if my opponent's queen is en prise, presumably (1,4,2) |
| CODIFY | Organise rules for payment method if my beginner is missing (6) |
| MYSTIC | It is allegorical if my cane has lost its tip (6) |
| ORAM | "... ___ I wrong about that?" (Let me know if my hunch is incorrect) |
| SWISSARMYKNIFE | Answer if my kiss is misconstrued, it has many uses (5,4,5) |
| IHOPE | "If my luck holds out ..." |
| OVERSIMPLIFY | Understate a problem if my slipover becomes damaged (12) |
| EXEMPLIFY | Expel if my trouble be a typical example (9) |
| PUSHINGUPDAISIES | "If my study doesn't get published, I'll be ___," said the botany professor |
| BITINGTHEDUST | "If my article doesn't get published, I'll be ___," said the antiquities professor |
| GIVINGUPTHEGHOST | "If my book doesn't get published, I'll be ___," said the parapsychology professor |
| BUYINGTHEFARM | "If my paper doesn't get published, I'll be ___," said the agriculture sciences professor |
