| CAUGHTUP | Having recovered lost ground, gets embroiled in |
| ADAGIO | A soldier gets embroiled in trouble - slowly |
| PILOT | Individual gets embroiled in 2 down at the start of the series |
| THICKEN | Husband in charge in Kent ground gets to become firmer (7) |
| SALISBURYPLAIN | Training ground gets old Premier League leader in trouble |
| PAINT | Pat in ground gets material for decorator? (5) |
| REHAB | He's in pub, standing up, having recovered from this? (5) |
| SNARLS | Speaks angrily to, when one gets embroiled with (6) |
| DISHTHEDIRT | Newsman in this third ground gets to spread malicious gossip (4,3,4) |
| ARSENAL | Sports ground gets fifty with boring second team |
| TERRAIN | The ground gets a bit wetter, raining (7) |
| LONGEST | Line on ground gets most stretched-out (7) |
| OVERDO | Cook too much, having recovered from effects of party |
| RALLIED | I'll read, somehow having recovered (7) |
| OVERSHOOT | Fail to stop on runway, having recovered from fire (9) |
| OVER | Having recovered from, once again (4) |
| OVERTHECOUNTER | Sold without prescription, having recovered from the reverse (4,3,7) |
| FEET | On one's ___: having recovered |
| WELLNOW | Having recovered from illness, that's 4! |
| DETOXED | Former spouse loved to go round backwards, having recovered health (7) |
