| FIGGIS | Mike -, director of the films Timecode and Leaving Las Vegas (6) |
| SHUE | Elisabeth _, actress whose films include The Karate Kid and Leaving Las Vegas (4) |
| LEIGH | Mike -, director of the films Secrets & Lies and High Hopes (5) |
| NICHOLS | Mike, director of the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (7) |
| NICOLASCAGE | Actor who starred in Con Air and Leaving Las Vegas (7,4) |
| OUNCES | Leaps suddenly, removing head and leaving light weights (6) |
| IDLING | Wasting time producing papers not telling the truth and leaving out the end of story (6) |
| UPWARDLYMOBILE | Taking off and leaving the Joneses behind? (8,6) |
| GERUNDS | Eg, loving and leaving in Germany, in Austria and Sweden |
| STEPPINGOUT | Taking long strides and leaving the house (8,3) |
| FLEDGLINGS | They're just getting down and leaving the nest (10) |
| REASSURANCE | Type of hedging, when entering and leaving home, that calms fears (11) |
| GOINGOFF | Getting tired of and leaving (5,3) |
| GOINGTOSEA | Visiting the coast - and leaving it (5,2,3) |
| BEATINGIT | Sounding the gong and leaving? (7,2) |
| GETTINGOUT | Extracting the information from and leaving (7,3) |
| LAWFULLY | According to rules, horrible being in Lima and leaving you in the beginning (8) |
| CHECKINGOUT | Paying up and leaving the hotel after investigation (8,3) |
| LIFTINGOFF | Toff filing away and leaving the ground (7,3) |
| FALLINGOUT | Quarrelling, and leaving by the window? |