| WHATSTHEBIGIDEA | Explain your intention as high bet waited for settlement |
| VOTIVE | Offered for a special intention, as a Mass |
| HAVEAGOODMINDTO | Unlikely intention as a result of intelligence? (4,1,4,4,2) |
| ASPIRE | Have high hopes for settlement in Persia |
| ORAL | Something to explain your way through |
| HOWDOYOUDO | Greetings and please explain your modus operandi (3,2,3,2) |
| SETOUT | Explain, ... your proposal (3,3) |
| WEGETIT | "You don't have to explain your joke to us" |
| AISLE | Express your intention between shelves in the supermarket? (5) |
| HOWSO | "Explain your reasoning" |
| TRIALBYCOMBAT | What the knights did for settlement to court Belarus war (5,2,6) |
| SEEYOU | No final farewell? Aye, resolute for settlement (3,3,5) |
| HIREPURCHASE | Employ tea in a bag; it gives time for settlement (4-8) |
| SLUGITOUT | Fight for settlement after criminal guilt's revealed (4,2,3) |
| WILDWEST | Dramatist defending women's case for settlement in lawless US |
| AWARD | A lot of cash about right for settlement |
| DUKE | Peer across desk, finally up for settlement |
| LAARI | Large area, mostly dry, that's used for settlement in Maldives |
| TEDDYBEAR | Debt ready for settlement by Rupert, perhaps |
| ARBITRATION | Excerpt in story, heading off for settlement (11) |
