| NOOSED | Done, so may be caught (6) |
| RESCUE | Save, so may be secure? (6) |
| ACTION | Something done so as to accomplish a purpose (6) |
| FRIEND | Cook might have done so around North China (6) |
| RYEMEN | Highlanders have often done so, even when sober! (6) |
| NODOSE | It's done so badly, being full of knots (6) |
| CANDID | Frank is able to and has done so (6) |
| DISOWN | Record cut short, so may have to refuse to recognise it (6) |
| ASSUME | Like posit, had a small amount, at the end, so may take it for granted (6) |
| HUMANE | Chap with uranium packs explosive - done so as to limit suffering |
| ASTRAWINTHEWIND | Something that may happen as with winter, and so may be (1,5,2,3,4) |
| OFFPEAK | Rotten top, so may be cheaper fare? (3-4) |
| AFFIRMABLE | Warm around volcanic rim, so may be asserted (10) |
| SCOTSWOMAN | Represented now as McT so may be this? (10) |
| COSMOPOLITAN | To complain so may be common all over the world |
| SIESTA | One who takes this may be caught napping (6) |
| WICKET | One may be caught out, losing this (6) |
| AMBUSH | You may be caught up in sham trap (6) |
| UNWARY | In a gun war you may be caught napping (6) |
| PUNNET | Basket in which jokes may be caught? (6) |
