| RESCUED | Engineers lined up, we hear, then set free |
| RELEASED | Engineers get contracted, then set free (8) |
| BACKPEDAL | Support hawk, we hear - then issue retraction |
| ELDEST | Such as Cain, say, led astray then set free (6) |
| TIAMARIA | Tea, we hear, then a lady finds liqueur (3,5) |
| LAIR | Beetles' cavern? What's this you might hear then? (4) |
| FLOORED | Imperfect we hear, so knocked down (7) |
| RAINED | Was in charge, we hear, so naturally dropped water supply (6) |
| FUTILE | Hardly any slate, we hear. so pointless (6) |
| SHAMPOO | Clean a drum up finally - then set about to beat it (7) |
| HOARSE | HEAR, SO! Can you detect my gravelly voice? (6) |
| CHEEP | Got for a song you'll hear, so little birds sing. (5) |
| SOLBERG | Petter ___, Norwegian who drove in the World Rally Championship 1998-2012 for Ford and Subaru, then set up his own team (7) |
| SCRIMP | Be sparing with shampoo initially, then set hair (6) |
| EYELETS | Look left, then set out to find loopholes (7) |
| SWEETS | Three courses, then set about the final course |
| THREEHANDED | Redhead then set to work - with two others? |
| SEESAW | Now and then, set eyes on playground equipment |
| INGEST | Swallow gin cocktail, then set off |
| SIGHTSEE | Exhale loudly, then set out East to view tourist spots |
