| GOFORTHEJUGULAR | Four jog with laughter upsetting with attack at the most vulnerable place (2,3,3,7) |
| ACHILLESHEEL | One biting, else he fixes on the most vulnerable point (8,4) |
| CHINKINONESARMOR | Vulnerable place |
| WEAKPOINT | Vulnerable place |
| SOFTSPOT | Vulnerable place |
| REARGUARD | Which part of the army is detached from the rest, its role being to ensure there is no attack at the back of the main force? (9) |
| KNIGHT | Married name of the former Queen Vic landlady recently caught in the middle of an attack at the Arches (6,6) |
| ELAINE | Married name of the former Queen Vic landlady recently caught in the middle of an attack at the Arches (6,6) |
| ABASES | Humiliates military settlements, under attack at the outset (6) |
| REPAID | In attack at the start, Eros Poli made good (6) |
| CHARGENURSE | Hospital worker in shark attack at the start |
| ONSET | Violent attack at the beginning (5) |
| QUESTIONNAIRE | List of inquiries you fill in at any government office or which is posed to you over the phone by polling companies, usually at the most inconvenient time of day |
| MURPHYSLAW | The precept which states that whatever can go wrong, will - its corollary adds that this will happen at the most inconvenient time (6'1,3) |
| MAXIM | Possibly a quotation of at the most one million |
| CEUTA | Autonomous Spanish city at the most northerly point of Morocco (5) |
| THERMOSTAT | At the most, novel includes writing that runs hot and cold (10) |
| MAXIMUM | Wrong axiom, nothing less, is word for silence at the most (7) |
| GRASSROOTS | Informant sources at the most basic level (5,5) |
| UNPEG | Take clothes off line? It could be upsetting with tits everywhere (5) |
