| OWNIT | Accept responsibility for something |
| SHOULDERBLADE | Mistaking one end of mastoid for the other, accept responsibility for flat bone |
| SHOULDER | Accept responsibility for |
| OWN | Accept responsibility for |
| CARRYTHECAN | Dodgy character New York appears to accept responsibility for |
| PASSESTHEBUCK | Wouldn't accept responsibility for having overtaken the dandy (6,3,4) |
| TAKETHERAP | Accept responsibility for what director produced finishing off treatment? (4,3,3) |
| FACETHEMUSIC | Accept responsibility for one's actions (4,3,5) |
| INSIDEJOBS | Batting teams must accept responsibility for such offences (6,4) |
| BONUS | Bighead accepts responsibility for extra payment (5) |
| OWNS | Accepts responsibility for |
| STEPSUP | Accepts responsibility for increases (5,2) |
| NONUSER | Emperor mostly accepts responsibility for failure to exercise legal right (3-4) |
| CARRYING | Taking responsibility for something wrong (8,3,3) |
| PICKSUPTHEBATON | Takes over responsibility for something |
| DISAVOW | Deny responsibility for (something) |
| OWNEDIT | Took responsibility for something |
| BLAME | Attribute responsibility for something bad (5) |
| SHINEON | Deceive, especially to avoid responsibility for something |
| HOTSEAT | Position of carrying full responsibility for something important (3,4) |
