| INTHESAMEBREATH | Beater's hit man he laid out with a single blow? |
| HAILED | Welcomed something new he laid out |
| PUNCH | Wife-beater hit the drink (5) |
| CHEAPSKATE | A packet he's laid out? He's too mean for that (10) |
| TELEPHONENUMBER | Help ET out with a single figure - he'll need it to call home (9,6) |
| BACHELOR | Bo & Rachel went out with a single bloke (8) |
| ATONEGO | Make amends for run out with a single stroke (2,3,2) |
| BLOWINGAWHISTLE | Acting like a referee changing the situation with a single blow (7,1,7) |
| ABASH | Cast down with a single blow (5) |
| RAP | With a single blow, it's possibly beaten! (3) |
| PARTERRE | A terrace near a house laid out with a formal arrangement of flower-beds; or, a theatre's orchestra stalls (8) |
| SMITES | Fells with a single blow |
| DALAILAMA | Religious leader laid out with a student and a graduate (5,4) |
| FEATHERWEIGHT | Would a single blow put them out of the ring? (13) |
| ALONE | "Papa was a rolling stone,wherever he laid his hat was his home/And when he died all he left us was_ ___ The Temptations(5) |
| CHILE | He's laid up with a really bad cold (5) |
| INTHELEAD | He laid net out at the front (2,3,4) |
| PLEASANCE | An old poetic word for enjoyment; or, a secluded part of a large garden, laid out with shaded walks, statuary, trees etc, for one's leisure (9) |
| TRIFOLIATE | Hackneyed, having a foil laid out with three leaves (10) |
| EGG | The amazing thing about the goose in the famous fable is that he laid a golden ___ |