| ESCAPEES | Fugitives read aloud two letters, then others |
| RESITED | Moved to another place and read out aloud (2-5) |
| ABSOLVED | Cleared first two letters then answered 24/7? (8) |
| AMENDMENT | Notice about soldiers, then others, having time to change |
| EVEREST | First mother, then others peak (7) |
| ARTILLERY | Guns later trained over one line then others (9) |
| HIJAB | Cover-up involves some consecutive letters, then some more (5) |
| AVOWALS | Opening letter then similar letters, we hear, and statements |
| HANDED | Passed one letter, then two (6) |
| GANDHI | A letter, then two more consecutively for nationalist leader (6) |
| EYEWASH | Initially elm, then other trees, rot (7) |
| MEMENTO | Reminder to me first, then other chaps in general (7) |
| ELSEWHERE | Otherwise we're eating here first then other places (9) |
| RESEAL | I once saw a movie character steam open an envelope, read the letter, then ______ it. |
| SOOTHE | Provide calming influence so others are content (6) |
| SHOOTERS | Guns, so others might change? (8) |
| COMPOSE | Work so others may play (7) |
| COMPOSES | Works so others may play (8) |
| ALOUD | So others can hear |
| SOU | Q. "___ _ is the alphabet's 21st letter then?" A. "Correct." |
