| LOOTED | Fork for example used the wrong way getting journalist sacked (6) |
| OUTSKIRTS | Dismissed opener for Surrey, short hit going the wrong way, getting edge (9) |
| UTENSIL | Knife or fork, for example (7) |
| FONDUUTENSILS | Long forks, for example? |
| REGGAE | West Indian music, for example, used in wild rage (6) |
| IRONED | One, and another in the way, getting flattened (6) |
| FEDORA | In favour of getting journalist a hat (6) |
| ERASED | Ages getting journalist removed (6) |
| METALS | Conductive, ductile elements with examples used to make inorganic pigments such as cobalt blue (6) |
| TUNING | Type of fork for a musician |
| COMPLIANT | Grouse when main road's used the wrong way - playing ball! (9) |
| TRAP | Gin component used the wrong way (4) |
| ALLUDES | Refers to everything used the wrong way (7) |
| KNIFE | Utensil used the wrong way by chef in kitchen (5) |
| BASEMETAL | Steel, for example, used for the foundation? (4,5) |
| EYELET | A small hole in a piece of 28 Down, for example, used for attaching rope or string (6) |
| SETS | Potato tubers, for example, used for planting (4) |
| SUPERPOWER | China for example used to be scratched at the back on purpose, unfortunately (10) |
| ROUNDFIGURES | Noughts, for example, used in rough estimates? (5,7) |
| ROUNDNUMBERS | Noughts, for example, used in rough estimates? |