| INFRINGEMENT | Breach of rules |
| SCONCE | The head; university slang for a tankard of ale drunk without taking a breath as a fine for a breach of rules or etiquette; the mug used; a lantern or screened torch carried by a handle; a bracket can |
| SEAFOWL | Reported to observe breach of rules by diver, say (3,4) |
| SABBATHBREAKING | Sword protects leader of Boston Spa from a chessman's breach of Rule 4 (7-8) |
| FOUL | Breach of rule the Opposition gets a kick out of! |
| EXCEPTION | It may be taken after a slight breach of rule |
| RHINELAND | Area of western Germany which Hitler marched troops into in 1936, in breach of the Treaty of Versailles (9) |
| JILT | Be guilty of breach of promise (4) |
| CODEVIOLATION | Breach of tennis rules (4,9) |
| SOLECISM | Ungrammatical use of words - breach of good manners (8) |
| PENAL | Of or concerning punishment especially a fine for a breach of law |
| POINTOFORDER | Query into breach of the rules (5,2,5) |
| STATE | The result of a breach of the peace (5,2,3) |
| OFWAR | The result of a breach of the peace (5,2,3) |
| ISHOTTHESHERIFF | Vocal admission of a serious breach of martial law? |
| RENT | Breach of relations sometimes in cost of housing |
| MANOFHISWORD | He won't be guilty of breach of promise (3,2,3,4) |
| TREASON | Betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery. (7) |
| NEGLIGENCE | Civil wrong (tort) in which a party suffers injury or harm from the breach of a duty of care (10) |
| BETRAYAL | Breach of trust by a later form of it (8) |
