| SERF | In part loser - finding he was tied to land |
| UNDERDONE | Loser finding new energy for finish - that's rare |
| ROLES | Parts loser might play (5) |
| UTHAPPA | India's league match vs. Pakistan was tied and saw a bowl out to decide the winner. Sehwag, Harbhajan, and which player (surname only) bowled for India in the bowl out? |
| STOCK | Have in store what was tied around the neck (5) |
| WAISTED | Was tied up and caught in the middle (7) |
| EDIT | One was tied up, having to revise text (4) |
| ELDER | The French turn and go red on finding him in church (5) |
| ERIC | You may seem surprised finding him in clerical garb? (4) |
| MISTRUST | Doubt report that girl was tied up (8) |
| REEFKNOT | What Coral was tied up with? (4,4) |
| BONDED | Was tied up, although well connected (6) |
| MUSCLEBOUND | The shellfish was tied up like Mr Universe (6-5) |
| SILVERWEDDING | Celebration of the quarter-century since the knot was tied (6,7) |
| EROS | Sore on returning and finding him with a bow and arrows? |
| GOSLING | Ryan who was tied (with 1-Across) for being the 4th-highest paid actor in 2023, according to a recent Forbes article; he also made $43 million |
| ROYEMERSON | Australian tennis player whose record of six Australian Open wins was tied by 32-Across in 2016: 2 w |
| MAESTRO | In Italian it literally means "master." In English it means about the same, though it's often tied to music. First known use arrived in 1724. |
| SJAMBOK | She, after he has left, is tied to doorpost by consent to get the rhino whip! (7) |
| NANABIJOU | Northwestern Ontario... Spirit in Ojibwe folklore tied to the Sleeping Giant land formation viewed from Thunder Bay |
