| DAMNATION | Blast! Mother has got into an awful mess! |
| SEVENTIMES | How often the occurrence got one into an awful mess? (5,5) |
| SCAMPER | Having got into an awful scrape, many run (7) |
| MATURE | It's true! Mother has a way of making them develop |
| BLEWAFUSE | Went ballistic at bees left in an awful mess (4,1,4) |
| LIKEADOGSDINNER | Similar to canine food that's an awful mess (4,1,4,6) |
| SMITES | Strikes one it is in an awful mess (6) |
| REMAIN | Wait to check that mother has got in |
| MARS | Bruno __, singer who got into an uptown funk with Mark Ronson? (4) |
| BACKTOTHEFUTURE | 1985 movie with the line "Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?" (4 wds.) |
| TALBOT | Fox? Has got into hospital -- bother! (6) |
| FUNNYBUSINESS | This comedian has got into fiddles (5,8) |
| ALLEGED | Maintained member has got into crooked deal (7) |
| THEORISE | Suppose duck has got into the tower (8) |
| BEAROUT | Confirm listener has got into fight (4,3) |
| SCATHED | Poet's blasted pet has got into outhouse |
| ROYALASSENT | Bill's OK - Roy, unfortunately, has got into ecstasy |
| AEROBIC | Like some exercise a fine old boy has got into |
| ORIFICE | If one has got into the core, crawling, there will be a hole (7) |
| AGHAST | Has got into a sports car dumbfounded (6) |