| TAKETHERAP | Hate trek going wrong before a party's opening and receive blame (4,3,3) |
| ICECREAMSODA | I yell audibly, before a party's over, for a refreshing confection (3,5,4) |
| OPERA | Work's Oscar party's opening on time (5) |
| SKEETER | See trek going awry - the US mosquito! (7) |
| SAFARI | Trek going through places afar? Indeed (6) |
| GETTHECHOP | Buy at the butcher's and receive notice (3,3,4) |
| GETTHEBOOT | Acquire article on back of car and receive dismissal (3,3,4) |
| GETTHEPUSH | Obtain article on impulse and receive dismissal (3,3,4) |
| PUTITTHERE | Place item in specific location and receive offer of congratulations, maybe |
| TAKENOTICE | Be observant and receive warning of dismissal (4,6) |
| SODA | A party's making a comeback -- it creates a bit of a splash (4) |
| FIRSTOFFENDER | Original over-loud electric guitar may be one that hasn't gone wrong before (5,8) |
| DERRINGDO | Bold action of duke getting it wrong before party (7-2) |
| BARISTA | Coffee maker's ace, except it's gone wrong before (7) |
| SINCERE | Up front, do wrong before catching cold (7) |
| MERRY | Many go wrong before end of play when tipsy (5) |
| TEQUILASUNRISE | Drink is quite wrong before the French dawn |
| SINKING | We're on the way down when we do wrong before our sovereign (7) |
| PARTANDPARCEL | Separate and receive a package or essentially a portion of it (4,3,6) |
| TRAUMA | You get on a tram and receive a nasty shock |
