| DEFRA | Government department do: couple in the end have left |
| NOTION | In the end, have to back one working to make an impression (6) |
| ITEM | A couple in the end misbehaving, all kicking off (4) |
| OSMUNDA | Fern, abnormally large and dull, couple in the end pruned |
| HAUTEMARNE | In which department did the Massacre of Vassy occur, an incident that began the French Wars of Relig |
| RANCID | Bad thing the head of a certain police department did? (6) |
| HAVETWOLEFTFEET | Did couple go some distance to be awkward? (4,3,4,4) |
| MATELOT | Did couple take a chance on a common seaman? (7) |
| ALLEGE | Did everyone, for example, at the end, have to testify (6) |
| ALLY | Will everyone, by the end, have a close partner? (4) |
| EMERITI | At the end, have to honour one group of retired professors (7) |
| ESPERANTO | Did a person, at the end, have a different language? (9) |
| THEME | For other people, at the end have a topic for discussion (5) |
| DUVALL | The other half of the couple in The Shining |
| YACHT | After day's end have chat about pleasure craft (5) |
| CELEBRATE | Wildly beat celery no end, have a party! (9) |
| ATOMICBOMBS | Couple in the news in 1945 |
| ONTHEPUZZLEPAGE | Where this grid's starred answers' ends have particular relevance |
| TOWELS | They dry too well, so ends have split |
| EVENHANDED | Two ends have to be played to be fair (4-6) |
