| DROPOFF | Fall asleep and lose one's perch (4,3) |
| NODDED | Started to fall asleep and looked agreeable (6) |
| STUMBLE | Trip and lose one's balance |
| ELAPSED | Passed wind, asleep and sedated at last |
| ELAPSES | Passes out: asleep and beginning to snore |
| OVERDRAW | Do too much in art and lose one's balance (and more) (8) |
| SLIP | Knock back lager and lose one's balance (4) |
| CATCHACOLD | Get the bug, and lose one's investment? |
| GOADRIFT | Provoke split and lose one's bearings (2,6) |
| BLOWAFUSE | Strike a blend and lose one's temper (4,1,4) |
| PANIC | Pot 99 and lose one's nerve |
| FLIPFLOP | Be indecisive and lose one's temper with failure |
| SLIPIN | Unobtrusively enter and lose one's footing at home (4,2) |
| GETTHESACK | Bring out the bag and lose one's job (3,3,4) |
| SEERED | Get the message about ending of aid, and lose one's temper (3,3) |
| GETTHECHOP | Go to the butcher's and lose one's job (3,3,4) |
| HITTHECEILING | Bump one's head and lose one's rag (3,3,7) |
| RUNSLOW | Starts to become exhausted and lose time |
| TURNOFF | Shut down and lose enthusiasm (4,3) |
| PASSOUT | Complete military training and lose consciousness |
