| SKEETS | McDonald known for honky-tonk (and not clay pigeon shooting, as you might expect) |
| WOOSTER | "Plum's" amiable chump and Drones Club habitue, prone to toddling along, dashing it all, saying "tinkerty-tonk" and "old fruit" and being frequently in the soup until saved by a masterful valet (7) |
| DIRECT | Lead the shooting, as with a video |
| INTHECAN | Done shooting, as a movie |
| CATSPAW | Dupe (and not a feline's foot, as you might expect) |
| AXE | Brand that makes deodorant, and not medieval weapons as you might expect |
| PAREE | Chez ___ (former nightclub in Chicago, not France as you might expect) |
| NATURAL | Not artificial, as you might expect (7) |
| NATURALLY | National universal gathering, as you might expect |
| TRAPS | Devices for hurling the "birds" in clay pigeon shooting; compartments for greyhounds at the start of races; or, light pony- or horse-drawn carriages (5) |
| SKEET | What is also known as clay- pigeon shooting? (5) |
| STEWART | Jackie --, Scottish racing driver and world champion who also excelled at clay-pigeon shooting |
| SKELETON | 50 involved in clay-pigeon shooting never returning for winter sport |
| FLIGHT | Place known for pilot programs, or where you might expect to find the "classes" at the ends of the starred answers |
| SCHOOL | Place known for pilot programs, or where you might expect to find the "classes" at the ends of the starred answers |
| ABADJOB | Twelve old pennies to secure Bill and Jack? You might expect this, then (1,3,3) |
| HOPE | What you might expect and desire from funny old Bob (4) |
| SOFTSELL | Not what you might expect from a hard representative, is it? (4,4) |
| EONS | Periods of clay pigeon shooting (4) |
| TWEETS | Messages you might expect between sunrise and sunset? (6) |
