| SWINGTHELEAD | Idiom meaning to pretend to be ill and shirk work (5,3,4) |
| RAIL | Bird, rook, to be ill and weak |
| MALINGERS | Mother hangs around and shirks work (9) |
| POSSUM | Play ____, expression meaning 'to pretend to be asleep or unconscious' (6) |
| YORKSHIREWOMEN | Ladies up north sign on in other words and shirk working in wood (14) |
| SHORTSKIRTS | Trots around and shirks, riding about in Minis (5,6) |
| MAKEENDSMEET | Idiom meaning to earn just enough to live on (4,4,4) |
| MALINGER | Suspect German about fifty-one gets to pretend to be ill (8) |
| EXACT | Former lover has to pretend to be faithful (5) |
| CHARACTERISTIC | Typical of cleaner to pretend to be argumentative |
| PUTONAIRS | Puritan so wrong to pretend to be superior |
| PLAYDEAD | Delay with pad used to pretend to be passed on (4,4) |
| IMPERSONATE | To pretend to be someone else (11) |
| STILL | To pretend to be a statue, you stand very - |
| CHAMPAGNE | Pretend to be ill, we hear, to get a drink (9) |
| LINGER | Dawdle and pretend to be ill with mum absent (6) |
| MALINGERER | Someone who pretends to be ill to avoid work (10) |
| PLAY | It's along to pretend to co-operate and it's up to be naughty (4) |
| GRASPTHENETTLE | Idiom meaning to be brave and force oneself to do something unpleasant (5,3,6) |
| FEELLIKEAMILLIONDOLLARS | Idiom meaning to be in great health and spirits (4,4,1,7,7) |
