| UPPERCUT | Drug diluted, which is a blow (8) |
| NEARGALE | Mean to have only very small sample of ginger beer, which is a blow (4,4) |
| HANDCUFF | Restraint is a blow to a worker (8) |
| PUNCH | Puppet is drunk, which is a blow (5) |
| SOCK | One may have it afoot, which is a blow (4) |
| LEFT | Didn't take, which is a blow (4) |
| KNOCK | Criticise, which is a blow (5) |
| ABASH | Discomfit, which is a blow (5) |
| KARATECHOP | Duchess eats half of rare meat, which is a blow |
| WALLOP | Most of election regulation rejected, which is a blow (6) |
| RAPPORT | Such a relationship is a blow to the left (7) |
| MISTRAL | Bloke lacking energy on a lake is a blow |
| ATLEAVENWORTH | "This is a blow to Cheney. [Libby] is Cheney's Cheney. They say he could finish Cheney's sentences, |
| LOWLANDER | This is a blow below the belt, or I'm a Dutchman! (9) |
| WIND | Success with number is a blow (4) |
| RAP | To criticise black music is a blow |
| NOREASTER | Refusal by festival to admit monarch is a blow |
| STRIKE | Industrial action is a blow (6) |
| THUMP | At start of trek, what camel has is a blow (5) |
| SLAP | The allies having been made to retreat is a blow (4) |
