| HEADON | Direct way to deal with something |
| BULL | Take the ___ by the horns (to deal with something difficult in a direct or confident manner) |
| DELEGACY | Representative body starts to deal with something left behind |
| STEEL | Prepare (oneself) to deal with something unpleasant |
| MAKEABEELINEFOR | Take the most direct way to Romania with beef and leek stew (4,1,7,3) |
| PASTTHE | Directions to Sunday paper's neighbour, the direct way to 1Dn? (5,4,3,4) |
| FIRST | Directions to Sunday paper's neighbour, the direct way to 1Dn? (5,4,3,4) |
| POST | Directions to Sunday paper's neighbour, the direct way to 1Dn? (5,4,3,4) |
| INCASH | Direct way to be paid |
| ROUTEONE | The direct way to beat English goalkeeper? |
| CREDIT | Arranged direct way to pay (6) |
| STRAIGHT | Direct way to go on leaving prison? (8) |
| GOWHACKONYOURBIRD | Best way to deal with life's frustrations, to a badminton fan? |
| WASTE | We have to get a way to deal with the rubbish (5) |
| EXISTENCE | "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very __ is an act of rebellion": Camus (attributed) |
| RAMPART | The only way to deal with this sort of defence is to thrust it roughly and then divide it (7) |
| RAISETAXES | One way to deal with a budget deficit |
| PICKET | One way to deal with scab or another, they say? |
| DETAIL | Particular way to deal with three blind mice? |
| BEDANDBREAKFAST | Accommodating way to deal with shares? |
