| ACRID | Bitter and cold during botched raid (5) |
| NEGLECTS | Ignores broken leg and cold during cricket practice (8) |
| TRIAD | Gang gets time over botched raid (5) |
| LATCH | Catch cold during the forced halt (5) |
| INCUR | Experience cold during most of season (5) |
| DANCE | Cold during Scandinavian trip (5) |
| ACERB | Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste (as unripe fruit) - and four-fifths of the maple genus! (5) |
| TASTE | Faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties. (5) |
| ALTER | Give the man a half of bitter and change (5) |
| UMAMI | Savoury taste, one of the five basic tastes with sweet, sour, bitter and salt (5) |
| OATES | "Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart" author |
| TONIC | ___ water (bitter and bubbly mixer for some cocktails) |
| GLOGG | Hot alcoholic drink from Sweden consisting of sweetened brandy, red wine, bitters and blanched almonds (5) |
| PARODIC | Having botched raid, cop intended to take off |
| ADRIFT | Floating around after botched raid on foot (6) |
| BILLIARDS | Botched raid interrupts William's game (9) |
| ALASDAIR | Chap, sad to say, botched raid |
| DAIRYMAN | Botched raid with my backing on a northern cow cocky (8) |
| IRRADIATE | Angry about botched raid, what can Ray do? (9) |
| HAIRDO | Botched raid when entering house in style |
