| MISDEMEANOURS | I'm sure a demon's capable of minor offences |
| MISDEMEANOUR | Wrongdoing I'm sure a demon reproduced (12) |
| RAVEN | Subject of a famous poem whose "eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming" |
| DEVILS | & 25ac A demon's look by the sound of it for the movie (6,4) |
| SANDSOFTIME | A demon's fist altering temporal passing (5,2,4) |
| MAGISTRATE | A civil officer who administers the law, especially in relation to minor offences (10) |
| DUCKING | Avoiding one-time punishment for minor offences |
| PECCADILLOS | I called cops out for minor offences (11) |
| FAULTS | Serve up some minor offences in court (6) |
| DEALIN | Make sure a particular player gets a hand* |
| SUGARPEA | Sure a GP's mistaken a pulse |
| READER | Sure, a dervish will detain a literary type |
| ADAMANT | It was a man and his three kids that made a mess in the middle of Watergate Beach, I'm sure of it (7) |
| OXO | ___ Tower (London landmark whose windows are shaped like a circle, a cross, and a circle, in that order, in what I'm sure is a total coincidence) |
| CANTANKEROUS | Ratty makes sure a knot can be undone (12) |
| ASCERTAIN | Make sure a canister is replaced (9) |
| DIEFLEDERMAUS | Silly me, sure a fiddle featured in opera (3,10) |
| CONVINCED | ...sure a negative man died (9) |
| ENFORCES | Makes sure a law is observed (8) |
| NURSEMAID | Nanny made sure a mind is wasted (9) |
