| MANSLAUGHTER | In law, the illegal killing of a person by someone who did not intend to kill them (12) |
| SLIPOFTHEPEN | One does not intend to write it (4,2,3,3) |
| ABDUCTION | Taking away (of a person) by force |
| ANTS | Boric acid is used to kill them |
| SACRIFICE | Ritual killing of a person or animal (9) |
| MURDER | Illegal killing |
| ISITACRIME | Shout from someone who did something weird, but not necessarily illegal |
| GETEVEN | Punish someone who did something to you (3,4) |
| ONENIGHTSTAND | Not intend shag? That's that ruined! (3-5,5) |
| HANKWILLIAMS | Singer who did not live to see his song Your Cheatin' Heart top the Country and Western charts in 1953 (4,8) |
| SIDNEY | Despite his outstanding performances in 1967's To Sir, with Love, In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, making him the top box office draw of the year, who did not receive an Osca |
| POITIER | Despite his outstanding performances in 1967's To Sir, with Love, In the Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, making him the top box office draw of the year, who did not receive an Osca |
| BACKBENCHERS | Members of Parliament who do not hold high office (12) |
| PESCETARIANS | People who do not eat meat but do eat fish |
| ARRAIGNMENT | In law, the bringing of a person before a court to answer a criminal charge (11) |
| STUART | It is a bonnet-like hat forming a widow's peak on the forehead and slightly curved at the sides. It gets its name from a certain queen of Scotland named Mary, who did not invent it but liked to wear i |
| ACTUS | In law, the physical element of a crime as opposed to the perpetrator's state of mind (mens rea) (5) |
| REUS | In law, the physical element of a crime as opposed to the perpetrator's state of mind (mens rea) (4) |
| ATHEIST | First of attacks on someone believing in the existence of a god by someone who doesn't (7) |
| RUB | A stroke or smooth said to be done "the wrong way" when irritating a person by tactless handling; or, a snag on a bowling green, hence an obstacle (3) |
