| AMERICANEMBASSY | A mission for us, but only in capitals (8,7) |
| YELLOWSUBMARINE | It undertakes a rescue mission for Pepperland, in a 1968 animated film |
| BENITOMUSSOLINI | Recklessly built one mission for an Italian fascist (6,9) |
| IMPOSSIBLE | Kind of dream in The Man Of La Mancha song or a mission for Tom Cruise |
| DISHONOURABLE | Food served up for us, but temperature's dropped low |
| WONDROUS | There may be no word for us but "marvellous" (8) |
| BLASTOFF | Leave on a mission for NASA |
| SPOILS | It mars it for us but the burglar's happy with the result |
| ABORT | End, a mission for example |
| SENTBY | On a mission for |
| MOTHERS | A celebration on the second Sunday in May for Australia and the US, but in March for the English, .. |
| MODICUM | Mum and I go for cod but only in a small portion (7) |
| EYESOCKET | Place for a looker, but only in your head (3,6) |
| FLAPJACK | Word for a pancake in the US, but an apple turnover or chewy biscuit bar of oats and syrup in the UK (8) |
| RAN | Manage, but only in a hurry? (3) |
| SKETCHY | Inscribe in the heavens, but only in outline (7) |
| JOKINGLY | Rex left in raptures. But only in fun (8) |
| SPARSE | Spares it but only in a scanty way (6) |
| PLATO | He thought about a record, but only in part (5) |
| UNDERTHESUN | Anywhere in the world, but only in daytime? (5,3,3) |
