| JILTING | Leaving a love |
| CAST | A pair of hawks flown together in falconry; a company of actors in a film or play; or, a swarm of bees leaving a hive (4) |
| EMBARGO | From Spanish for "arrest", word for a stoppage on ships entering/leaving a port originally, later a prohibition on trade; or, a ban generally (7) |
| BASKETBALL | In this sport, a "trillion" occurs when a player enters the game for one minute but has no other statistical effect, leaving a box score line of 1000000000000 |
| MULTIPLE | An integer that can be divided by another number without leaving a remainder; or, a word for a type of chain store (8) |
| CRETE | Cause a fuss leaving a Greek island |
| PERUGIA | Soldier leaving a country before a city |
| AJAR | A grate leaving a small gap? |
| TIPANDRUN | Game diners in a hurry do when leaving a restaurant? |
| KIRKCALDY | Ship's captain caught with a woman leaving a Scottish town |
| ADMIT | Don leaving a university to make a confession (5) |
| ASTOUND | Something heard about a model leaving a floor (7) |
| ECHELON | (ANA) Rank amateur leaving a true chameleon in a mess (7) |
| CAMPION | Sleuth leaving a flower attached to a plant (7) |
| KEEPADROP | Hold onto a pendant, leaving a last tot in the bottle (4,1,4) |
| DIRTYSHADE | Result of leaving a window up during a dust storm? |
| ONEWAYORANOTHER | Extra leaving a method actor a new part somehow (3,3,2,7) |
| AVIAN | At variance, leaving a trace, just like a bird! (5) |
| SACK | Was a leading man leaving a fishing-boat? He was fired (4) |
| RESETTLE | Adjust to a new life in Rome's outskirts after leaving a Washington city (8) |
