| DESERTS | Just reward or, more usually, retribution for doing something (7) |
| CADENZA | Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a concerto or other composition, formerly improvised by the soloist but now more usually composed (7) |
| STRIPES | They reward or punish unruly priests (7) |
| EMOTIVE | Electronic reason for doing something touchy (7) |
| PURPOSE | Reason for doing something (7) |
| DEMERIT | You got it for doing something wrong? Then it's time to go red! (7) |
| MOTIVES | Reasons for doing something (7) |
| BROWNIE | Credit earned for doing something useful, ... points |
| FORCEOF | Offbeat choir performing with a reason for doing something (5,2,5) |
| NEMESIS | Retribution for setter appearing in two cases separately in the Cape (7) |
| REVENGE | Retribution, for instance, is at no time given up (7) |
| AVENGES | Seeks retribution for Geneva's collapse (7) |
| AVENGER | One takes retribution for a very vandalised green (7) |
| AVENGED | Inflicted retribution for (a wrong) |
| GUMSHOES | US word for rubber-soled sneakers, perhaps suitable for doing something stealthy, hence a term for detectives, who move furtively or sneak (8) |
| SCANDO | I climb (more usually in compounds with ad or con) |
| GAIN | A word for interest, pickings, profit, progress, reward or other win (4) |
| TREAT | A special occasion or experience, often a reward or celebration |
| MUSIC | Air that's more usually seen in cheerleaders (5) |
| QUIRITES | Sabines properly, but more usually Roman citizens |
