| SPILLED | Desmond returns with a capsule, but it was dropped (7) |
| SCENTED | Desmond returns holding coin having distinctive smell (7) |
| SCREWED | Desmond returns to include oarsmen who turned up |
| CAPS | Containers for capsule but not with ale (4) |
| CARSEAT | Reacts badly when holding a capsule a child's been given to restrain them (3,4) |
| UNMEANT | The men set a crazy nutcase free, but it was a mistake (7) |
| GUESSED | Was told about visitor coming, but it was only surmise (7) |
| VINEGAR | In vain, Reg tried to drink it but it was sour (7) |
| LONGAGO | When the key was dropped into the lagoon, drunkenly? (4,3) |
| REDARMY | What name for the Soviet Union's troops was dropped in 1946? (3,4) |
| ORPHANS | WC Fields left money for a home for such children - but it was never built (7) |
| SURFEIT | Certain fellow got in, at one time, but it was too much ... (7) |
| ATOMBOMB | Cat Inside - a dreadful film according to Maltin, so it was dropped (4,4) |
| ACID | It was dropped in The Sixties |
| RESENTED | Wildly interested, took umbrage when it was dropped (8) |
| LSD | It was dropped in the 1960s |
| HBOMB | It was dropped on Hiroshima |
| TORTOISE | What killed Aeschylus, in legend, when it was dropped by an eagle on his head |
| ABOMB | It was dropped on Hiroshima |
| AESCULAPIAN | A capsule in a refreshing form of healing (11) |
