| ACTIONABLE | Likely to provoke legal proceedings in a court - one with bail broken (10) |
| ALIBI | Bail broken? I must make an excuse (5) |
| PROACTIVE | A court, one revealed in evidence, is ready to take the initiative (9) |
| ENSUED | Proceeded to being legal proceedings in the finish (6) |
| ACTION | A court, one working with agent, set down short rerun (6,6) |
| REPLAY | A court, one working with agent, set down short rerun (6,6) |
| ACTIONREPLAY | A court, one working with agent, set down short rerun (6,6) |
| ACTIONS | Legal proceedings in Ascot, maybe (7) |
| DISCOVERY | Pre- trial phase of a legal proceeding in which each party may obtain relevant information or documents from the other (9) |
| AUCTION | Union must stop legal proceeding in Sale |
| SHEEPSHEARING | Legal proceeding in the grazing meadow, perhaps |
| PROSECUTOR | One who institutes proceedings in a criminal court (10) |
| LITIGATION | Proceeding in a court of law |
| SLANDEROUS | Perhaps Hebridean head going to university's likely to provoke action? (10) |
| ACTIONPACKED | Hugely exciting proceedings in a court crowded with people |
| CONCOCTION | Criminal at county court, one acting a lie |
| ONTRIAL | Undergoing proceedings in a court of law (2,5) |
| RECESS | A break in proceedings in a place set back in room |
| CASE | Proceedings in a court of law (4) |
| LAWSUIT | Proceeding in a court |