| ESCAPEVELOCITY | Astronauts can't leave the moon without reaching it (6,8) |
| CREASE | Run in to stop batsman reaching it? (6) |
| ILIAD | Epic work I frequently read up without reaching the end |
| TRAIPSE | Walk about without reaching one's goal |
| THOUGH | Pondered without reaching conclusion, however (6) |
| BEMYGUEST | Please speculate about what I reckon, without reaching a conclusion |
| ALTHOUGH | A learner judged - without reaching conclusion, however |
| ELEVATION | Single from U2's 2000 album All That You Can't Leave Behind used in the soundtrack of the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider |
| LENSCAP | You can't leave it on when you shoot |
| BASEBALLBAT | You can't leave home with it |
| TORSO | Trunk you can't leave home without |
| DEER | Can't leave decanter for what's produced for the Sunday roast of venison (4) |
| IMONA | "I can't leave now, ___ rush!"* |
| OVENS | Can't leave covenants in furnaces! (5) |
| NOEXIT | You can't leave this way, love, about 11.10 possibly (2,4) |
| PADRE | Minister can't leave tap dancer (5) |
| IRENE | She can't leave "nectarine" in a mess (5) |
| TINKERS | Can't leave well enough alone |
| THESTATUSQUO | We can't leave things as they are now (3,6,3,2,3,2,6) |
| HOUSEARREST | Lodge a right with others which means they can't leave home (5,6) |
