| SLIPWAY | Indiscretion needs a course of action in the shipyard (7) |
| LASTRESORT | Final course of action in the most recent vacation spot (4,6) |
| CORPSE | To spoil a piece of action in the theatre by forgetting lines or laughing (6) |
| JAM | Put out of action in the mechanical sense by orca swimming off Majorca (3) |
| MEASURE | Take a course of action in proportion (7) |
| ROUTINE | Regular course of action in being way out |
| PELORUS | Which ship saw action in the Napoleonic Wars, transported opium, and lent its name to one of the Marlborough Sounds? (7) |
| ENCASED | Wrapped up a legal action in the end (7) |
| SANDOWN | Clinic out of action in course seen on ITV Racing (7) |
| SPARRED | Having seen action in the ring, spread it for little Roy (7) |
| BRIGADE | Military action in the Crimean War (3,6,2,3,5,7) |
| SERVICE | Waiting for start of action in court (7) |
| THEATRE | Scene of action in which operations may be staged (7) |
| NEWAGER | Gambler's action in the Cornhusker State? |
| ONTHEDL | Out of action, in baseball lingo |
| WINEBAR | Center of action in "Grand Crew" |
| POPSONG | Maybe chart number of actions in second half of tennis game |
| SCENE | Subdivision of an act of a play; or, a sequence of action in a film made up of a series of shots (5) |
| GYMSLIP | Reported James before indiscretion in schoolgirl attire (7) |
| PILLOWS | Revolting indiscretion involving immoral ones found in bedroom (7) |
