| THEORETICIAN | Action? There I may be misplaced, being an impractical type (12) |
| APOSTROPHE | Perhaps too haphazardly, it may be misplaced by shopkeeper? |
| TADA | ?There, I did it!? |
| TALKATIVE | Kit a valet misplaced being chatty (9) |
| NEWTONSTHIRDLAW | "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" |
| GATHEREDTOAHEAD | Got ready for action: there's a fly about, a male, eaten by an amphibian (8,2,1,4) |
| EQUAL | "To every action there is always opposed an - reaction", according to Newton's third law of motion (5) |
| SEEDCASE | Issue requiring action - there are plant ovules in it |
| NOTECASE | School backed legal action - there's usually money in it (8) |
| IDEALISER | I realised, unfortunately, I'm an impractical person (9) |
| IDEALIST | An impractical person's opinion on an item-by-item record of things (8) |
| PERSECUTOR | Our respect will be misplaced for such an oppressor |
| DREAMER | Impractical type erred badly around middle of game (7) |
| INTHELASTRESORT | Hotel's restraint must be misplaced, ultimately (2,3,4,6) |
| CESTODA | What would be misplaced as Germany, east coast? Worms |
| ENSNARE | Trap seen to be misplaced around North American river (7) |
| FEBRUARY | Fear ruby will be misplaced around Valentine's Day (8) |
| DISDAIN | Scorn said to be misplaced in racket (7) |
| QUIXOTE | Don --, an impractical idealist (7) |
| IDEALISTS | Impractical types having notion to join combat (9) |
