| LETWELLALONE | Leave spring by oneself, like advice for a sleeping dog (3,4,5) |
| STAG | By oneself, like a single guy at a prom |
| HAVEASHOT | Sales pitch from the barman sounds like advice for someone going to strike! (4,1,4) |
| NODE | Hard swelling; point at which leaves spring |
| EATYOURWORDS | Sounds like advice so one won't be heard? So take it back! (3,4,5) |
| LAISSEZFAIRE | Let sleeping dogs lie as a policy of the French? (7-5) |
| TARPASASHACK | Shelter advice for a homeless person? |
| BASKET | Woven container for picnic food, grocery items, a sleeping dog or cat, laundry/linen or transporting items on the front of a traditional bike (6) |
| PETBED | Where to let a sleeping dog lie |
| LETSLIE | Doesn't disturb, as a sleeping dog |
| COMPORT | Conduct oneself like a politician taken in by a fake Corot (7) |
| STEPOVER | Avoid, as a sleeping dog, maybe |
| SELFPOSSESSED | Sure of oneself or into oneself, like a demon? (4-9) |
| ROOST | Word for a sleeping place of a bird or bat; a hen house; or, a group of fowls resting together (5) |
| DOWN | Applies oneself, like a gorilla? (8,4) |
| KNUCKLES | Applies oneself, like a gorilla? (8,4) |
| HEARTHRUG | Rather huge, almost fuzzy place for sleeping dog? (6,3) |
| WAGONLIT | Terribly long wait for a sleeping car |
| SNOOZER | American railroad slang for a Sleeping car (7) |
| ROADHUMP | Term for a sleeping policeman (4,4) |
