| COUPDETAT | Cadet up to no good at violent takeover (4,5) |
| COUPSDETAT | Cadets up to mischief in putsches (5,5) |
| STUPOROUS | Son up to no good, shortly to wake up very drunk |
| MISBEHAVE | Shame vibe has to alter to get up to no good (9) |
| HIGHJINKS | Up to no good could be tall orders (4,5) |
| PAPARAZZI | Dad up to no good, scoffing (26) wild snappers? (9) |
| SCOUNDREL | Cold nurse, it turns out, is one up to no good (9) |
| SHADINESS | Playing in a shed, two sons being up to no good? |
| HOOLIGANS | Youths up to no good |
| SOUTHPARK | Cartoon shark up to no good? (5,4) |
| PATRIOTIC | Nationalist at violent disturbance caught in photo |
| BLOODLESS | Non-violent (takeover) |
| TITAN | Up to no good, looking up new moon (5) |
| ROWDY | Up for being up to no good |
| ATILT | Leaning close to wall, up to no good outside |
| ATIT | "They're ___ again" (up to no good, probably) |
| TAMING | Breaking in starts telling authorities I'm up to no good (6) |
| PUERTORICAN | Up to no good with Eric, ran from Caribbean island (6,5) |
| NOTGREATER | Up to no good in deal with Tehran, sadly (3,7,4) |
| MAESTRO | Top conductor West gets strong, up to no good |
