| DUMPED | Kathmandu MP, Edward, admitted being dropped (6) |
| TRIGGERED | Edward admitted ship worker started |
| THESIS | Contention in version of this essay, say, being dropped (6) |
| COPPED | Taken into custody, managed to grab pie that is being dropped (6) |
| LEANTO | Thin, a lot of weight finally being dropped, or shed |
| USEDTO | Familiar with international being dropped off outside ground (4,2) |
| FLUFFY | Clever, posh females admitted being soft and light (6) |
| DOWNED | Daughter admitted being drunk (6) |
| ELATED | Carmel ate dessert and admitted being delighted (6) |
| LOSERS | Peccadillos erstwhile admitted being the ones missing out (6) |
| DEDUCE | Conclude it's a nasty deed, when copper admitted being upset (6) |
| AVOWED | Admitted being married, seen with Bible and ring |
| SLOPPY | Very wet Liberal admitted being careless |
| SLATED | Criticised son and daughter who admitted being behind schedule |
| NEPALI | Person from Kathmandu (6) |
| INDIGO | Airline that suspended Kathmandu flights and diverted several to Lucknow amid Nepal unrest (6) |
| AGED | Being old, agreed about being dropped |
| SHOCKPROOF | Like a watch able to endure being dropped |
| LETDOWN | Disappointed at being dropped (3,4) |
| MACEDONIA | Country club has no idea about ecstasy being dropped (9) |
