| IMPRESSES | Journalists in house taken up as recruits for the navy (9) |
| HERETICAL | In cure, one quoting scripture taken up as preaching falsely |
| PARAVANES | Van goes spare as only one goes out sweeping for the navy (9) |
| RIDGETILE | Free gift's first choice, taken up as top bit of property (5,4) |
| PRESSGANG | They raised recruits - for a newspaper company? (5-4) |
| BONECHINA | Good quality house ware at home - taken outside, broken on beach! (4,5) |
| STARBOARD | Top set of administrators right for the navy? |
| ESPRESSOS | Drinks, drug and journalists in cry for help (9) |
| EHIMEMARU | 2001 embarrassment for the Navy |
| WATERGATE | Lock, perhaps, that was broken by journalists in DC (9) |
| REPRESSED | Restrained journalists in a rush (9) |
| DEPRESSED | Gloomy journalists in action (9) |
| TOAD | In The Wind in the Willows, who had his home taken over by weasels? (4) |
| BREAK | Intermission taken up as one will leave school for the holiday (5) |
| PHEASANT | Head of house taken in by countryman to get the bird |
| SALT | Ocean mineral or crystal from the sea, taken up as a real or figurative pinch when seasoning one's chips or in a state of doubt or incredulity (4) |
| GAUNTLET | It's taken up as a challenge, but it's punishing for runners (8) |
| LARIAT | A rope initially held by the end, taken up as lasso (6) |
| CADETS | Recruits for strange sect about the present time (6) |
| MOOR | Part of the house taken aback by _Othello" (4) |
