| OLDLAG | Getting on but fall behind exconvict (3,3) |
| LADDER | Run in stockings, but fall behind and totter (6) |
| NODOFF | Fond of wandering, but fall asleep (3,3) |
| ENGAGING | English getting on, but attractive (8) |
| GROWINGOLD | Getting on, but fighting when there's money about (7,3) |
| ENLIST | Will sign on but be silent about it (6) |
| SLACKS | The son wants to get on but won't work hard |
| LESION | Leslie and I get on - but a hurt is inevitable |
| ENROBE | Put special gown on, but sadly no beer (6) |
| NOONES | "The lights are on, but ___ home" |
| HOODED | He might look odd with nothing on, but he's in a cowl (6) |
| DIVEST | I'd come back with it on but you'd strip me of it |
| GREENS | They're for putting balls on but the health conscious will eat them (6) |
| EGOTRIP | May have a lot of self-confidence, but fall down on a ___ (3-4) |
| ESCHEAT | Escape key trouble, but fall to the state (7) |
| GOTOPOT | Line up a billiards shot, but fall apart? (2,2,3) |
| COMEOFF | Succeed, but fall from the horse (4,3) |
| GETDONE | Achieve task but fall victim to con |
| ROW | Pull together, perhaps, but fall out (3) |
| BESMITTEN | Establishment to lash out horribly, but fall in love (2,7) |
