| DILLINGER | Cover up and remain behind US bank-robber (9) |
| LEVITATE | Rise up and remain aloft |
| GUNSLINGERS | Sharpshooters cosy up and remain safe, initially (11) |
| BACKACHES | These issues are behind us (9) |
| OPENFACED | Honest-looking old writer with account in US bank (4-5) |
| NOONEELSE | "We'll build a world of our own that ... can share; All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there; And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind; When we live in a world of our own" (2-3,4) |
| THESTICKS | Remains behind the remote areas (3,6) |
| JOHNDILLINGER | US bank robber, 1903-1934, shot and killed while trying to escape arrest (4,9) |
| BONNIE | US bank robber and partner of Clyde (6) |
| CLYDE | Infamous US bank robber and partner of Bonnie (5) |
| BABYFACE | "___ Nelson", US bank robber (8) |
| ALIASES | Sale is a cover-up - and so are these! (7) |
| WRAP | Cover up and get the blame, you say, for (4) |
| ELISION | Vocal cover-up and mounting interference stopped by individual's case (7) |
| TURNABLINDEYE | Ignore revolution at academy - it's a cover up and one needs to see through it! (4,1,5,3) |
| CAPES | Covers up, and points to cloaks (5) |
| VOCAL | Angela covers up and returns very outspoken about it (5) |
| HANG | It's back to remain behind and it's up to end the phone conversation (4) |
| DESKS | Kay and Ed get aboard while the children remain behind |
| OUTOFTHEBLUE | And just like that, sky and clouds are behind us! |
