| SWEETENER | It's a bribe, honey |
| BACKHANDER | It's a bribe? That's a blow! (10) |
| SUBORN | It's a bribe to get us back to hear Bourne (6) |
| BUNG | A casual throw; a bribe or a tip; a large cork; or, a stopper for a barrel (4) |
| DASH | A bribe; a hyphen; a sprint; a whack; a touch of soda or other admixture; or, general panache and peacockery (4) |
| BUNGLES | Makes a mess of giving a chap a bribe (7) |
| PAYOLA | In the US, what is a bribe paid to a disc jockey to promote a record? (6) |
| PAYOFF | Word for a reward/return; a bribe; a desirable result; settlement in retribution; or, denouement (3-3) |
| KICKBACK | A pinball machine part a€“ or a bribe? (8) |
| SIMONY | Soliciting of a bribe for a church office |
| IMBIBER | He takes a drink and I am taking a bribe, unfortunately (7) |
| GREASED | A palm so lubricated as to accept a bribe (7) |
| ASOPTO | &17 A Bribe a small prosecutor and be free [4-word answer] |
| GIVETHEGAMEAWAY | Take a bribe to reveal a secret (4,3,4,4) |
| BUNGLE | Make a clumsy mistake giving a bribe to the French (6) |
| BARBIE | Arrange a bribe, get a meal on the patio (6) |
| THREW | Cast; lost a sporting event deliberately for a bribe (5) |
| ABBREVIATE | Contract and a bribe a vet messed up (10) |
| SOP | So, just quietly, a short singer gets a bribe (3) |
| GREASINGTHEPALM | Might enlarge spa, for a change, using a bribe (8,3,4) |
