| IRIDESCENCE | I'm a jockey caught in situation and changing colours |
| DYEING | Almost dead, we hear, and changing colour (6) |
| IMPASSIVE | Four caught in situation where progress is impossible should be calm (9) |
| ARSON | Champion jockey caught leaving crime |
| OUTONALIMB | In a risky situation, and something found four times in this puzzle |
| WALKATIGHTROPE | Be in a difficult situation and perform a balancing act (4,1,9) |
| CORIOLANUS | Changing colours in a play |
| TAKESTOCK | Size up the situation and invest in a company (4,5) |
| NEVADA | Eastern victory going in and changing a US state |
| REDDEN | Changing colors: What a person's cheeks become as he feels more and more embarrassed (or what a baby's bottom becomes if his diaper rash is getting worse) |
| OPAL | Stone with changing colours in it |
| GETINTOTHESWINGOFTHINGS | Become familiar with a situation and start to function well |
| RELIEFMAP | Note situation and force politician to adopt a plan (6,3) |
| TURNEDTHETABLES | Reversed an unfavorable situation, and what you did in the theme answers |
| BEHARDPRESSED | Suffer in difficult situation and feel the squeeze? |
| DOUBLEOT | High-stakes gridiron situation, and a feature of eight long puzzle answers |
| NOWIN | Kind of situation, and a hint to making sense of the starred answers |
| LINENDRAPER | He sold material, part of scripts, writing in and changing each (5,6) |
| NITROGEN | A vital element for supporting plant life - and changing ringtone! (8) |
| GOINGOVER | Taking a good look at and changing to (5,4) |
