| BOUM | Belonging to bulls (contracted form, as it so often is) |
| HESITANT | Holding back as it then turned out |
| FESTOON | To decorate so often is silly (7) |
| PUNNING | Boxer grabbing an Indian every so often is joking |
| ASTO | Falsetto, used every so often, is concerning |
| ISSE | To have gone; contracted form, perf infin of eo, ire |
| ABISSE | To have left (contracted form): sic Antipho, Ter. Phormio 466 |
| HESPERUS | In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, he is the evening star; his parentage and family is a bit confused, but he often is considered to have links to Atlas. In All's Well That Ends Well (act 2, scene |
| GULLIBLE | If one's credulous as to bull, one might leg it (8) |
| MATADOR | Drama to be acted as one opposed to bull? (7) |
| ULULARUNT | They screamed and wailed (contracted form), summo ... ___ vertice Nymphae, Aen 4.168 |
| PRORSUS | Directly, absolutely; contracted form from ppp of proverto, -ere |
| ERE | Poetically contracted form of "earlier" (3) |
| ABBREVIATION | Contracted form of books about flying controls (12) |
| BAT | The label is upside-down - it often is |
| INNERS | Archery target areas next to bull's-eyes |
| INNER | Division of target next to bull's eye (5) |
| BEGINNER | Starter to ask for area next to bull |
| STEER | What cowboys try to do to bull? |
| NEARMISS | Where teacher's pet is? That's close to bull! |
