| NOOFFENCE | Lack of criminality, if you don't mind my saying so |
| WITHALLDUERESPECT | How the Queen should be treated, if you don't mind my saying |
| EVILDOING | Vigil done out of criminality (9) |
| CLASSIC | Traditional girl involved with confidential informant, leading to start of criminality (7) |
| TOBLAME | Rogue lot maybe with no end of criminality is culpable (2,5) |
| EARLYBIRDS | Creatures that "get the worm," in a saying. So you better wake up on time, you know, to eat worms. |
| OHGOD | 1977 film in which George Burns swears an oath by saying, "So help me, me" |
| JOHNDONNE | Who wrote "I am two fools, I know, / For loving, and for saying so / In whining poetry" |
| TACITLY | Without actually saying so |
| DONNE | "I am two fools, I know, / For loving, and for saying so / In whining Poetry" writer |
| LIFEOFBRIAN | In 1979, what new film was promoted on posters in Sweden saying"So funny that it has been banned in Norway!"? (4,2,5) |
| ACES | "And if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of ___" ("The Gambler" lyric) |
| MENSREA | Criminal intent, or knowledge of the criminality of an act one commits; Latin, 'guilty mind' (4,3) |
| ABNEGATE | Renounce the criminality of 'Beangate' (8) |
| NEFARIOUSNESS | Quality of wickedness or criminality (13) |
| BATH | Relaxing spot to read (if you don't mind the risk of getting your book wet) |
| PLEASE | Spare me the drama, if you don't mind (6) |
| EXCUSEME | 11 (if you don't mind) (6-2) |
| BYYOURLEAVE | Make leaderless Navy obey rule, if you don't mind (2,4,5) |
| PLEAS | Requests report, if you don't mind (5) |
