| SHORTCOMINGS | Failures expected in electrical faults |
| OSCILLOSCOPE | Old clips close badly around ring in electrical instrument (12) |
| NONETHEWISER | Clear cut in electrical disturbance, right? Still in the dark |
| TRANSFORMERS | They bring about changes in electrical components (12) |
| PLAYINGFIELD | They bring about changes in electrical components (12) |
| SHORTCIRCUIT | Suffer an electrical fault |
| SHORTSIGHTED | Electrical fault noticed with restricted observation? (5-7) |
| BRINGUPSHORT | Raise an electrical fault to stump and stymie (5,2,5) |
| GIANTKILLING | David's antics in the Bible is performing better than expected in the cup (5-7) |
| ILLTREATMENT | Abuse what's expected in hospital? (3,9) |
| CIRCUIT | Electrical fault in small lap (5,7) |
| SHORT | Electrical fault in small lap (5,7) |
| FLASHINTHEPAN | Seemed to be an electrical fault in the kitchen but it didn't come to anything! (5,2,3,3) |
| STOPSHORT | Pull up to correct electrical fault (4-5) |
| SHORTTEMPERED | Electrical fault moderated, but liable to blow a fuse |
| SHORTCIRCUITING | Causing an electrical fault |
| LAPSE | Circuits with electrical fault (5) |
| SENSORY | Formerly, in electrical engineering, tuning, or agreement in resonance frequency, of radio apparatus |
| IMPEDANCE | In electrical engineering, the opposition to alternating current in a circuit |
| FUSE | Safeguard in electrical circuit (4) |
