| PRECEDENT | Former case as example |
| EXCUSE | Cop out? Former case of sabotage keeps copper in |
| EXACT | Bang on about cutting former case of consent (5) |
| CASELAW | The law as established by the outcome of former cases (4,3) |
| CAPSULATE | Enclosed in a case, as seeds |
| SCOPEOUT | Case, as a joint |
| ETUI | Small case as for sewing kit (4) |
| ATLEAST | In any case/as a minimum: 2 wds. |
| UGLYCUSTOMER | Hard case as a challenge to a beautician |
| BONDHOLDER | Promise to take case, as tends to be fireproof in this country! (10) |
| ONGOODAUTHORITY | Love fine 8, say, in tiny new case, as one may well believe (2,4,9) |
| SCHOOLMISTRESSY | Son indifferent about husband, I emphasise in my case, as one dealing with children |
| NUT | Such a case as is popularly considered mad (3) |
| CASPIANSEA | A lot of water in case, as pain spreads (7,3) |
| CONJURE | Play tricks on jury endlessly in case, as left out (7) |
| FITIN | Suit the case, as one is able to measure (3,2) |
| CHIME | Clock will sound for him in the case as it's left (5) |
| RECUSE | Withdraw from a case as doctor cures disease at the centre (6) |
| SETPIECE | E.g. corner of hardened pastry case as discarded (3,5) |
| COHABIT | "It follows [...] that the best men must ____ with the best women in as many cases as possible and the worst with the worst in the fewest." (Plato) |
