| DUOPOLY | Form of market domination, as might be expected, restricting work to ring |
| CARBOOTSALE | A form of market involving private individual sellers on a site hired for the occasion (3,4,4) |
| EMERGENCE | Coming out for measures restricting work unit on church (9) |
| APOLLO | Permit briefly restricting work held back space program |
| TORTILLA | Law largely restricting work for bread (8) |
| NATURALLY | Nudist removing bottom half in front of gathering, as might be expected |
| LONGWORD | As might be expected from a generous man of letters? (4,4) |
| APTLY | Tory leader in foul play as might be expected (5) |
| OFCOURSE | Naturally, as might be expected (2,6) |
| DULY | As might be expected |
| TAKEITONTHECHIN | What figure in Ring might be expected to cope with or endure without complaint (4,2,2,3,4) |
| MIDYEAR | Between terms, as might be equivalent to half of each? (3-4) |
| POSEUR | He pretends to be so, pure as might be (6) |
| FLATCALLS | Just meets the bet (instead of raising when that might be expected)* |
| RULETHEROOST | What the cockerel might be expected to do when in charge |
| TREE | It might be expected to mature in the wood (4) |
| DRAGONFLY | Creature shows what a trout might be expected to do for a successful angler (9) |
| WATERCOLOUR | What seascape painter might be expected to use (5-6) |
| RHYME | Verse - it might be expected to do this (5) |
| CHIPIN | Murphy might be expected to interrupt so (4,2) |
