| NATIONALANTHEMS | Land strains animal? Then not as free (8,7) |
| STONEMASON | Merry Men so, not as chipper? (10) |
| STAGENAME | Sting, for example, animal, then girl, then me (5,4) |
| BULLDOZE | Knock down animal, then sleep |
| KIDNAP | Snatch young farm animal, then have forty winks |
| LAMBENT | Licking one little animal then ten more (7) |
| MONALISA | Animal so restless as subject of painting (4,4) |
| INVERSE | "If not p, then not q," to "If p, then q" |
| SYRIA | Sennacherib's land as free country |
| ANAGRAMMATISE | Artist hasn't succeeded with a couple of animals - then reposition characters |
| ASSASSINATION | Murder two animals then anoint one, surprisingly |
| BISON | Animal so contained in receptacle (5) |
| SOMALIAN | African animal so mobile (8) |
| INAWAY | Home, then not home, as one might see it (2,1,3) |
| GLOWER | Grand, then not so grand? Not a good look (6) |
| UNFASTEN | Number after kinky fun, as free (8) |
| CLEAN | Sharply defined as 'free from dirt' (5) |
| TICKOFF | After checking, mark as free from parasite |
| REFUSEHEAP | What opens up as free recycling dump? (6,4) |
| LOOSELEAF | Feel as free to support convenience when unbound (5-4) |
