| APOSTASY | A job, say, involved abandonment of principles (8) |
| AFRICANS | Ivorians, say, involved in fracas (8) |
| ENSHROUD | Cover up abandonment of dun horse (8) |
| RELOCATE | Follow a new job, say |
| BRIEF | Concise set of instructions given to a person about a job, say |
| APPLIED | Put oneself forward, for a job say (7) |
| ASSIGN | Allocate, to a job say (6) |
| TASK | Assign a job say |
| VETTED | Checked someone for suitability, for a job say (6) |
| UNION | Trade association, say, involved in a match (5) |
| OKAYS | Regular types of work, say, involved approvals (5) |
| BUTTERY | Storeroom, say, involved in case of burglary |
| SENATOR | Kennedy, say, involved in treason (7) |
| BEGET | Father, say, involved in 25 (5) |
| ALAS | Sorry to say involved in criminal assault |
| MINORSUIT | Clubs, say, involved in tourism (5,4) |
| SCAVENGERHUNTS | Search parties for leading character (Iron Man, say) involved in vehicle collisions (9,5) |
| RETREAT | Sounds like the abandonment of a meeting (7) |
| PHARMACEUTICAL | Abandonment of a peculiar match involving drugs |
| RECTANGLE | A shape to get confused after recent abandonment of second half (9) |
