| CUTONESTEETH | Copper with quality succeeded joining force to gain experience |
| RAMEKIN | Victory backed by force, to gain pot |
| SPARERIBS | Josh succeeded joining available Chinese course |
| SWEAR | Pledge succeeded, joining fray |
| LIVEANDLEARN | As it happens, moving near land to gain experience (4,3,5) |
| UNDERGO | English in ground, exercising to gain experience (7) |
| DEVILLED | Worked to gain experience under malign influence? (8) |
| INTERNS | People, usually young, working to gain experience |
| INTERN | Student or trainee working to gain experience (6) |
| FARMS | Performs repetitive tasks to gain experience points, in gaming slang |
| BREAKINTOSONG | Suddenly take to twittering on Raglan Road to make public - teacher's relative is joining force (5,4,4) |
| THRONG | Troop moving north, joining force |
| YNCRNH | Unkindly townsfolk standing up changed into joining force |
| GRAMMARPOLICE | Less people from school joining force - they won't like it (7,6) |
| LEARN | Beginner to make money and gain experience (5) |
| RALLYING | Joining forces with king and staging recovery |
| STEAMING | Irate with sons joining forces |
| ALLYING | Joining forces with resistance - it's getting better |
| JILLBIDEN | Co-founder of the Joining Forces initiative, with Michelle Obama |
| MERGING | Coming out with leader gone or joining forces? (7) |
