| DESISTED | It's about those deeds which have been left off (8) |
| UTTER | Say something when lid's been left off spread |
| ACTUSREI | Deeds which are necessary to constitute a crime |
| ACTA | ____ Romanorum: deeds which Romans did |
| OFFICIALSECRETSACT | Alien to self-sacrifice, deed which prevents speaking out |
| DIRECTACTION | Issue instructions before deed which could be construed as civil disobedience, perhaps |
| LEAVINGS | Things that have been left as worthless (8) |
| MAROONED | And Romeo could have been left in a lonely place (8) |
| ROADKILL | Animals which have been hit by vehicles (8) |
| ABSUMPTA | Things which have been wasted, eg fortunes, Ovid Fasti 1.213 |
| INCENSAE | Candelae ____: candles which have been lit |
| IRISHELK | Extinct giant deer, the remains of which have been found on the Emerald Isle (5,3) |
| LABRADOR | Canadian peninsula; the breed of dogs which have been owned by Bill Clinton and Vladimir Putin |
| OMISSION | Ring the visiting diplomats ___ something has been left out (8) |
| DESOLATE | Lose out in time having been left alone (8) |
| LOOSEEND | Something that has been left unfinished or undecided (5,3) |
| HERITAGE | Is woman's extremely inept lawyer able, in the end, to get what has been left to her? |
| OMISSIONS | Some things have been left out -- ring the visiting diplomats (9) |
| SOFT | Flatter. Must have been left in the bath too long (4,4) |
| SOAP | Flatter. Must have been left in the bath too long (4,4) |
