| EVENTEMPERED | Calm first four characters in 1 across and don't lose it with writer (4-8) |
| MAKEYOURMARK | Get some recognition for the type of car you registered for the first four characters in 1 across (4,4,4) |
| EVEN | Calm First Lady back in Washington |
| KEEPYOURSHIRTON | Hide chest, don't lose it! (4,4,5,2) |
| RISSOLE | Sir! Come back! Don't lose it! It's edible, too! (7) |
| HANDBAG | First four characters in 1 down snare one of those holding the money (7) |
| BECOOL | Don't lose it |
| CITE | Make reference to last four characters in 1 down (4) |
| POSTAGESTAMP | First four characters in 14 across take a long time to get Frank in the corner after getting licked |
| BLOWAFUSE | Lose it with depressed American female in public transport close to desperate (4,1,4) |
| HELLFIRECLUB | First four characters from 14 across get sack from bar in an old gentlemen's club with a Mephistophelian reputation (4,4,4) |
| GREEKISLANDS | Most of those in 1 across and 25 across go to Sicily's capital in the Mediterranean (5,7) |
| ALLBYONESELF | Abandoned half the characters in 1 across to buy reports on personal identity (2,2,6) |
| GRAVEDIGGERS | They're always putting down the first four figures in 1 across and they work those at rest into the |
| LETTEROPENER | A job for a snoop in 1 across and 19 down (6,6) |
| TENNISCOURTS | Sporting facilities produced by those in 1 across and 20 down (6,6) |
| JIGSAWPUZZLE | Fitting pastime perhaps for those in 1 across and 19 down (6,6) |
| ONTHEEDGE | Is about to lose it with Cliff's position (2,3,4) |
| STEELYDAN | US band which had hits with Reelin' in the Years and Rikki Don't Lose That Number (6,3) |
| HIGHLIGHTERS | First four characters from 1 across find matches for those on paper who tend to draw attention (12) |
