| RELEGATION | Clubs hope to avoid this, say, in association (10) |
| REEF | Mariners hope to avoid this sort of knot (4) |
| BOGEY | The swingers hope to avoid this marsh near centre of Keys (5) |
| LEGACY | One's willing to give this, say, in delicate wrapping (6) |
| AVAIL | Profit made with this, say, in West London? |
| BYCATCH | Extremely busy batsman hopes to avoid this - it's also seen in the nets (7) |
| ABDICATION | Monarchs tend to avoid this area in a British way of speaking (10) |
| REDUNDANCY | Workers want to avoid this Republican, canny dude of a shifty sort (10) |
| BOARDWALKS | And at the beach to avoid this but could be on pirate ships for a watery grave (10) |
| BALLOONIST | He hopes to avoid getting chicken in the basket (10) |
| ANAGRAMMED | made "hits" from "this," say |
| FAULTY | Servers try to avoid this unknown character in error (6) |
| SPILLAGE | Tankers try to avoid this misfortune in special period (8) |
| SLIPOFTHETONGUE | Use one top-flight cast to avoid this error in speech? (4,2,3,6) |
| THECHICKENSHAVE | I'm he - teach cocks and hens to hover: me too, sadly wishing they could to avoid this 27 (3,8,4,4, |
| CONGESTIONCHARGE | Travelling, enters coach, going to avoid this? |
| SPLASH | Diver tries to avoid this headline story (6) |
| BITTER | *Take a spoonful of sugar to avoid this taste |
| RUNNY | *Take antihistamines to avoid this kind of nose |
| UGLYCUSTOMER | Beautician wants to avoid this one? Yes and no (4,8) |
