| TRIO | Maroon 5, if two members were crushed by a piano (hey, a guy can dream) |
| AVENGER | I get my own back in rage about 5, if missing (7) |
| CULLODEN | Ne'er-do-well's lucky to return, leaving every other pair where Jacobites were crushed (8) |
| PUSSYRIOT | Russian rock group who gained notoriety when two members were jailed in 2012 (5,4) |
| SOLVE | Only about five, if you work it out (5) |
| TENTPEG | Wine and spirits a guy can get attached to |
| PEG | A guy can get attached to her (3) |
| OXONIAN | Image of a man crushed by a beast, one up amongst the best? |
| CUBAN | This guy can turn a heel! (5) |
| APHID | Pest concealed by a piano (5) |
| SUPER | Very fine evening meal down by a piano (5) |
| STEELE | Actress who departed Emmerdale when her character was crushed by a caravan (6) |
| ISOBEL | Actress who departed Emmerdale when her character was crushed by a caravan (6) |
| CHAINGANGS | Their members were bound to work under strict supervision (5,5) |
| SPEARS | My future girlfriend (hey, I can dream, can't I?) |
| SECRET | "Three may keep a ___, if two of them are dead": Benjamin Franklin |
| IDOL | Worshipped crossword constructor, e.g. (okay, I know, there aren't any, but a man can dream) |
| UNTUTORED | Ignorant over revolutionary crushed by a French king (9) |
| THEORISER | Here, riots are crushed by a speculator (9) |
| AFFABLE | Good-natured female crushed by a lie (7) |
