| FIRINGLINE | Don't stand there if you want to keep your job - the one with defined targets to hit (6,4) |
| FIRINGSQUADS | Dismissing those in Munster and Leinster, for instance, they have well-defined targets they're expected to hit (6,6) |
| INSPIRIT | Way to be there if you can't be there |
| PUSH | To keep your job you must avoid getting this (4) |
| ARCHER | Reach out to head of recruitment having targets to hit (6) |
| AIMLESS | Have fewer targets to hit with no fixed ambition (7) |
| WORKETHIC | Good thing to have if you want to keep your 36-Across |
| COVERTOOPS | Reaction to a spill you want to keep secret? |
| ROUNDABOUT | Song that contains the lines "In and around the lake / Mountains come out of the sky / And they stand there" |
| RIFLERANGE | After report there are targets to be hit here! |
| OCCUPATION | Job the tenants are in |
| NEWSVENDOR | He doesn't want to keep a journal |
| BLACKGUARD | British want to keep watch on scoundrel |
| CLAYPIGEON | Disc hurled into the air from a machine as a target to be shot at (4,6) |
| PUTASOCKINIT | Shut up if you want to keep one set of your piggies warm (3,1,4,2,2) |
| CLEANSHEET | Wash bedding that team wants to keep? (5,5) |
| DISARRANGE | Raids round distance to target to make a complete mess |
| TAXHAVEN | Stress port as an option, if you want to keep more of your income (3,5) |
| SPACEBAR | If you want to keep certain characters away from each other, this is the key (5,3) |
| COMMONCOLD | Vitamin C target, to Pauling |
