| GATHEREDTOAHEAD | Got ready for action: there's a fly about, a male, eaten by an amphibian (8,2,1,4) |
| CLEAREDTHEDECKS | Got ready for action on board (7,3,5) |
| NOTECASE | School backed legal action - there's usually money in it (8) |
| NEWTONSTHIRDLAW | "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction" |
| INMY | "Waiter, there's a fly ___ soup!" |
| HACKLE | There's a fly on the dog's neck (6) |
| EQUAL | "To every action there is always opposed an - reaction", according to Newton's third law of motion (5) |
| SEEDCASE | Issue requiring action - there are plant ovules in it |
| QUEENOFTHESOUTH | Rock group frequently shout out about a male team (5,2,3,5) |
| IMPERIALMEASURE | The Yard, say, certain to pursue scallywag, with fury about a male criminal (8,7) |
| MOEBIUSSTRIPPED | Mathematician got ready for a shower? |
| CRACKEDTHEBOOKS | Got ready for exams |
| MELODRAMA | Plenty of cheers and boos in this play about a male dorm (9) |
| ALIEN | Pork pie eaten by an individual like Roger in American Dad! (5) |
| FAIRLY | Fly about the atmosphere in a proper manner (6) |
| EMMA | Novel about a male: Orlando? (4) |
| ZOOLANDER | Ben Stiller comedy sequel about a male model, ... 2 (9) |
| LLAMA | Everyone's upset about a male animal (5) |
| REASONS | Thinks logically about a male offspring (7) |
| GAMMAS | Chat about a male couple, Greek characters (6) |
