| ROFL | IM initialism that probably isn't what's happening because then you'd be away from the keyboard |
| SEAWARD | Ship's hospital section? Tended to be away from the shore (7) |
| CODY | Name that probably isn't gender neutral, as discussed on "Jury Duty" |
| BRB | Message when stepping away from the keyboard |
| BURNINGTHEMIDNIGHTOIL | "___? Then you'd be setting fire to that painting at 12 a.m." |
| DEPRESSED | 500 to begin with and 500 to end with: then you'd be down. (9) |
| OUTWARDBOUND | Released from prison, one in care's certain to be away from home |
| LIVID | Seeing red, so you'd be, to see the divil reversing! (5) |
| LEAVEOUT | Fail to include permission to be away from home (5,3) |
| NOTATALL | May well be away from everything, but don't mention it (3,2,3) |
| TROUT | Schubert's swimmer would try endlessly to be away from home (5) |
| LOOKSOUT | Appears to be away from home, but is wary (5,3) |
| POCKET | Shark that has an internal gland that opens to the outside and an interior lined with specialized cells that probably produce a bioluminescent fluid, or handy feature for carrying items in clothing (6 |
| OUT | Unfashionable to be away from home |
| SICKLEAVE | It's off to be away from work |
| APART | What a trap to be away from each other! (5) |
| ABSIT | Formal permission to be away from school, in Britain |
| GOUT | Good to be away from a painful joint |
| LETSGO | We should be away from fires |
| HOMESICK | Unhappy to be away from familiar surroundings (8) |
