| ACROSSTHEBOARD | A burden directors must shoulder everywhere |
| SADDLE | Burden director engaged in complicated deals (6) |
| ONUS | Responsibility we must shoulder? (4) |
| BLAME | Guilty one must shoulder some (5) |
| YOKE | A pair of oxen joined by a frame of the same name; or, by extension, a burden, bondage, a couple or a tie (4) |
| ATLAS | A burden for a Titan, but easily carried by a schoolchild |
| BAIL | From "bear a burden", the temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial; or, a bucket for scooping water from a boat (4) |
| ACROSS | Such clues must be a burden (6) |
| OLDMANOFTHESEA | Doctor met a fool and he's a burden |
| MARMALADE | A burden going after royal address in a jam (9) |
| OFFLOADS | Lightens a cargo, or gets rid of a burden (8) |
| TON | To a new leader, it can be a burden (3) |
| SADDLES | Puts a burden on a thoroughbred (7) |
| UNLOAD | Relieve a burden, remove goods (from a vehicle) (6) |
| METHOD | With this system, the police have a burden to shoulder |
| LOAD | There's nothing in a boy becoming a burden (4) |
| TONNAGE | Harry in a mood, a burden to carry (7) |
| DEN | Study's a bit of a burden |
| LADEN | With a burden to lend a form to (5) |
| LOADSTONE | A burden adds weight to a natural magnet (9) |
