| BACKDOWN | Defender, depressed, is to concede defeat (4,4) |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | Interject and set out how Vettel, stripped of victory, is to concede defeat (5,2,3,5) |
| DEFENDER | Advocate is to concede, having accepted conclusion (8) |
| SADISM | Being depressed is, to many, perversity (6) |
| GIVEIN | I have to open some booze to concede defeat |
| THROWINONESHAND | Twin on horse improperly given help has to concede defeat (5,2,4,4) |
| GRADIENT | Incline to concede, about to fail |
| DISAGREE | Refuse to concede some aphid is a greenfly (8) |
| SAYUNCLE | Concede defeat (2 wds.) |
| CRYUNCLE | Concede defeat |
| GAUNTLET | Weak to concede what's thrown in a challenge (8) |
| ADMIT | To allow to enter; to grant entrance. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to |
| LITTLEBOYBLUE | The small one, being depressed, is told to blow |
| THROWINTHESPONGE | Amazingly, nephew so right not to concede defeat (5,2,3,6) |
| THROWIN | Move to continue playing football, or concede defeat (5-2) |
| UPANDDOWN | On a high as well as being depressed is like being on a see-saw (2,3,4) |
| OGEE | It is awful to concede to Egyptian leader and sweetheart there are two of them hanging around doorwa |
| TOPIC | Subject to pressure, I start to concede (5) |
| SURRENDER | Almost certain to offer to concede (9) |
| TOWEL | Concede defeat, throw in the ... |
