| UNSIGNED | Describing a letter or contract without the necessary authority (8) |
| REPORTED | Made a formal statement or complaint to the necessary authority (8) |
| ACCENTED | Stressed when describing a letter with additional information (8) |
| INDEED | Popular contract, without doubt (6) |
| ENVELOPE | A cover for a letter; or, a smooth curve connecting the successive peaks of a modulated wave (8) |
| COVENANT | Formal sealed agreement or contract (8) |
| CIRCULAR | A word meaning "round", hence something, such as a letter or a notice, that goes around to a ring of people (8) |
| MISDATED | Wrote the wrong day or month on a letter or form (8) |
| FORWARDS | Sends on, as a letter or email (OR DWARFS anagram) (8) |
| ILLEQUIPPED | Without the necessary resources for the task (3-8) |
| PROVISO | A clause in a document or contract that embodies a condition or stipulation (7) |
| INTHEDARK | Without the necessary information or light (2,3,4) |
| VITIATE | Destroy the force or legal effect (of a deed or contract) (7) (7) |
| NOTRUMP | Bid or contract to play a hand in bridge without a trump suit (2-5) |
| DEEDS | Formal legal documents effecting a transfer of property or creating a legal obligation or contract (5) |
| BARGAIN | An agreement or contract; something acquired by haggling; or, a special offer or bon marche (7) |
| SIGNATURE | Autograph or handwritten name; distinctive mark; a letter or numeral at the foot of a page in bookbinding; or, a dish characteristic of a chef (9) |
| CROSS | A monument in a market square; a mongrel dog; a mark symbolising a kiss in a letter; or, a gesture with one's fingers when wishing for good luck (5) |
| SIGNATORY | A person who has put their name to a treaty or contract (9) |
| CLAUSE | A particular article in a treaty, bill or contract (6) |
