| BARRELCHESTED | Burp mainly held in check by lawman with swelling ribcage? (6-7) |
| PROMS | Summer season of daily orchestral classical music, mainly held in London's Royal Albert Hall (5) |
| FORCEDLANDING | Killer arrested by lawman, getting sudden comedown (6,7) |
| WEASEL | Sly character in western given help by lawman, at first (6) |
| DRAMA | Stuff seized by lawman causes a sensation |
| TANTRUM | Fit of temper held in check by distant rumbling (7) |
| PACKSONESBAGS | Leaves type of ice on broken noses with swelling under the eyes (5,3'1,4) |
| KNOSP | Ornament's numbers held in check by kitchen police |
| MESSERSCHMITT | Fighter plane's gentlemen maintaining electronic check by hand (13) |
| ACADEMY | School rebel held in check by little woman |
| CHINA | One's kept in check by knight that's advanced, resulting in mate (5) |
| RETAINER | Part-timers kept in check by Queen's servant (8) |
| FOREBRAIN | Some thinker, supporter kept in check by government department (9) |
| RELINQUISH | Left in check by Queen, takes his turn to resign (10) |
| PENTUP | Kept in check by writer knocking back local plonk (4-2) |
| REIGN | Controlling authority in check, by the sound of it? (5) |
| CREDO | Someone like Lenin kept in check by firm beliefs (5) |
| ACTRESSES | Movie performers have hair kept in check by experts (9) |
| EARPHONE | Hearing facilitated by this Wild West lawman with polish (8) |
| EARPIECE | American lawman, with last of clique in cooler turns to receiver |
