| TAKEITEASY | Calm down one in a key state after rioting |
| FLA | A key state?: abbr. |
| DOORKEEPER | Cross about a cricketer - one in a key front position (10) |
| POINTMAN | Cape with castle, perhaps one in a key position (5,3) |
| CHILDREN | Not quite calm down one obsessed about issue |
| COMBINATIONLOCK | Search in a clink too after rioting for a security device (11,4) |
| MONTBLANC | Bonn calm after rioting about temperature peak in Europe (4,5) |
| PANIC | Alarm in a PC after rioting (5) |
| UMLAUT | Mark in Berlin, perhaps, a tumult shortly after rioting (6) |
| FAIL | Let down one in Cornish river |
| MOSQUITONET | Fine lifesaver having stepped down, one in the majority (8,3) |
| FALLS | Another royal pulled down, one in Africa (8,5) |
| VICTORIA | Another royal pulled down, one in Africa (8,5) |
| RUIN | Bring down one in control (4) |
| THETRUMPETMAJOR | Initially, Thomas Hardy put one who may flourish in a key novel |
| PITCH | A degree of slope to set in a key (5) |
| MOOD | A low-key state of mind (4) |
| IDEOLOGUE | Political reactionary, one expected to go round Goole after rioting (9) |
| LEAVEOFABSENCE | Eleven face ASBO after rioting in time off work (5,2,7) |
| SHOTGUNWEDDINGS | Unions urgently shut down and end gigs after rioting (7,8) |
