| MILITIA | A limit I could have placed on force (7) |
| AXILLAE | A cross Allie could have placed under her shoulders (7) |
| PENALSERVITUDE | Value president might have placed on imprisonment (5,9) |
| TURMOIL | Resetting our limit, I ignored resultant upheaval (7) |
| MYWINGS | In My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle sings, "I could have spread ...; And done a thousand things; I've n |
| ADHIBIT | Admit it was bad hit I could have produced (7) |
| INSPECT | Look into how I could have spent cent (7) |
| INVADED | "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have ___ some country": Clint Eastwood (7) |
| IRONORE | Nero and I could have accepted yellow raw material (4,3) |
| ATHOUSANDTHINGS | "I could have danced all night; I could have danced all night; And still have begged for more; I could have spread my wings, and done ...; I've never done before" (1,8,6) |
| SAVAGE | 1987 album by Eurythmics featuring the songs You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart and I Need a Man |
| HALF | Harold's short on force as a player (4) |
| DRENCHING | Nerd rewriting feature on force gets a soaking (9) |
| ONTHEOTHERHAND | Where the groom should have placed the ring, however? |
| AFTERNOON | PM Johnson may have placed noose here |
| GET | "___ Out" (film that spawned the mocking phrase, "I would have voted for Obama for a third term if I could have") |
| KOALA | Finish off a US city where I could have 7 (5) |
| POLICEDOG | Watch over Jack Russell with Chief Barker on force (6,3) |
| REMORSEFUL | TV detective on force, having broken ground rule, is sorry (10) |
| POWEROUTAGE | Nothing on - force public to grow up (5,6) |
