| PINAFORES | If a person gets in a mess, aprons are provided (9) |
| CASSOULET | Person gets in amount of wine - tons - for stew a la francaise |
| TWENTYONE | Score person gets in game of cards |
| OFFONESTROLLEY | Where a person gets sweets and crackers? (3,4,7) |
| TAPER | Candle that a person gets hold of |
| ONEVOTE | What each person gets in an election |
| ONEOFF | Made for the occasion when a person gets acquitted (3,3) |
| ONTHESIDE | Unofficially, hen do site gets in a mess (2,3,4) |
| ONELINERS | Funny things, boats, if a person stands on top (3-6) |
| TRANSPOSE | Aprons set out, change their positions (9) |
| RAINDROPS | Shake, rid aprons of precipitation, falls (9) |
| STARBUCKS | This company's newly announced dress code sparked walkouts at 75 stores on May 11; it calls for a solid black shirt and khaki, black, or blue denim bottoms under the famous green aprons |
| BREAK | If a person received a visit from Lady Luck as hoped, he finally caught a ___ |
| HARSH | It's rough when a raw beginner gets in a mess (5) |
| HELPMATES | Aprons |
| PROSCENIA | Aprons for actors? |
| AFGHANI | Cruelly hang, if a person in Kabul's ready |
| LIEDETECTOR | A device for determining if a person is telling the truth (3,8) |
| SCRAP | If a person is no longer employable they are said to be on the ... heap |
| EASTING | Vertical grid line on map - gets in a mess (7) |
