| COLOURLESS | Colonel associated with us, not so neutral or tame? |
| OFFCOLOUR | Bad colonel associated with us is ill (3,6) |
| TAMER | In West America, not so wild! (5) |
| OLIVERNORTH | US Marine lieutenant colonel associated with the Irangate scandal (6,5) |
| WILD | Not domesticated or tame (4) |
| HAWKS | Free-flying raptors ... or tame pets of the powerful? (5) |
| TRAINABLE | Chart includes conditions that are bad or tame (9) |
| TOLSTOY | "Reason unites us, not only with our contemporaries, but with men who lived two thousand years before us, and with those who will live after us." He wrote Anna Karenina. Who is this? |
| BEWILDER | Fox, don't be so tame? (8) |
| SHABBY | - chic; eclectic style of interior design combining distressed furniture, cottage, countryside or vintage styles, antiques and neutral or pastel colours (6) |
| OUR | Belonging to or associated with us (3) |
| OURS | Belonging to or associated with us (4) |
| DEMEAN | Humble manner not associated with US |
| CLAMOUR | Uproar or unusual calm associated with us (7) |
| GEAR | Reverse, neutral, or low, for example |
| NOMANSLAND | Neutral or disputed area between hostile forces (2-4-4) |
| IMPARTIAL | Synonym for neutral or objective (9) |
| CROSSBENCH | Seat in Parliament occupied by a neutral or independent member |
| SIT | ___ on the fence : remain neutral or undecided? |
| BLANDCANYON | Arizona's Colorado River feature that actually seems pretty tame? |
