| GOEASY | Be gentle - it's slippery, having dropped resistance to pick up Oscar (2,4) |
| FUSELAGE | Join, having dropped resistance, big body |
| WILD | Uncultivated — but you might pick up Oscar? |
| CLIO | Muse about something slippery, having fallen over |
| FACTION | Numerically speaking, not everyone dropped resistance to Ring (7) |
| GREASE | Agrees in a way that it's slippery (6) |
| TENDER | Offer to be gentle (6) |
| BREEZE | Wind that can be gentle or stiff! (6) |
| PUTTER | Hit the ball with it but be gentle, you say (6) |
| ASLEEP | Having dropped off, like covering to be put back (6) |
| ENGINE | Motor part needing to be repaired, middle part having dropped out |
| REHEAR | Try again to practise, having dropped two characters (6) |
| GOBLET | Go and complain having dropped a glass (6) |
| BUNDLE | Awful blunder, side having dropped off package (6) |
| COUPON | Having dropped me off, come upon the voucher (6) |
| FALLEN | Having dropped by the force of gravity (6) |
| TENUTO | Sustained work done by fielding side, having dropped opposition's opener (6) |
| PORTAL | Left alone, having dropped one by the entrance (6) |
| SHERRY | Drink she got merry on, having dropped me off (6) |
| STABLE | Bus having dropped us, going into old building (6) |
