| DROPOFF | Fall asleep and lose one's perch (4,3) |
| NODDED | Started to fall asleep and looked agreeable (6) |
| GETOFF | Beat a charge, fall asleep & depart (3,3) |
| GOESOFF | Falls asleep and one leaves (4,3) |
| 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) |
| BACKWARDS | Try too hard and lose one's balance (4,4,9) |
| BENDOVER | Try too hard and lose one's balance (4,4,9) |
| ESPLANADE | Asleep and off for a walk by the sea (9) |
| WEAPONLESS | Vulnerable when asleep and snow drifting |
| BIASED | Bureaucrat is asleep and bent (6) |
