| DOMINATE | Crazy media not in control |
| ADRIFT | Not in control, yet I draft a new order |
| ROBIN | Driven thing with little power, sadly Blair not in control (7,5) (See 15A) |
| RELIANT | Driven thing with little power, sadly Blair not in control (7,5) (See 25A) |
| OUTOFHAND | A way to feed horses not in control (3,2,4) |
| PRIVATESECTOR | Government not in control of this soldier faction meeting other ranks |
| LOOSE | Not in control, be defeated without offence at the start (5) |
| FATALISM | Belief that we are not in control of our destiny |
| NEO | He doesn't like the idea that he's not in control of his life |
| PEERPRESSURE | Influence from others to leak reports initially to the media - not quite certain (4,8) |
| DNOTICE | Name given to a UK government request that the media not report matters harmful to the national interest (1-6) |
| EDITOUT | Media not restricted by illegal ticket seller's cut (4,3) |
| REINTRODUCE | Put back in control, right in to top position in wartime Italy |
| HANGGLIDER | In which one's kept in suspense and powerless, yet in control |
| ELEVENTHHOUR | Last moment in episode with leaders in historic hostilities, once in control, retreating (8,4) |
| GOVERNMENT | They're in control in the house (10) |
| HAROLD | A king in control? Not after 1066! |
| MONASTERY | One mostly in control in religious community |
| ATTHEHELM | In control in the main (2,3,4) |
| HAIG | He infamously said in 1981, "I am in control here" |
