| CLOSECALLS | End phone conversations with narrow escapes (5,5) |
| CLOSECALL | Stop communication with narrow escape (5,4) |
| CAILLIACH | I am in phone conversation with every single Winter goddess (9) |
| LOCALCALL | Phone conversation with someone in the same city (5,4) |
| IDLENESS | Celebrity report opens with narrow escape on board - it's an issue for those out of work (8) |
| NEARMISSES | Narrow escapes from northeast mobs ringing ship (4,6) |
| CHATSWORTH | Informal conversations with merit in country seat (10) |
| CALLITADAY | Stop working for 24 hours after phone conversation on IT (4,2,1,3) |
| SMALLGAUGE | Like a railroad with narrow tracks |
| SOLIDEROAT | Wild cereal plant of the Mediterranean, with narrow stems (7, 3) |
| COBWEBBING | Covering loaf with narrow closely-woven tape (10) |
| DRAINPIPES | Trousers with narrow legs |
| RECALLS | Memories about phone conversations (7) |
| HANGUPS | Abrupt finishes to phone conversations |
| HELLO | First word in many phone conversations |
| RUDE | Like loud phone conversations in public |
| CALLSOFF | Cancels phone conversations in the wings (5,3) |
| BRINGOFF | Manage to end phone call after first bit of bullying |
| HANGUP | End phone call because of emotional problem (4,2) |
| RINGOFF | End phone call, no longer engaged? (4,3) |
