| TERRORISE | Mistake is contained by the heartless bully (9) |
| RATIO | Quantitative relation between two numbers or magnitudes determined by the number of times one is contained by the other (5) |
| RESIST | Make a stand, but is contained by the others (6) |
| INTHEMAIN | For the most part contained by the sea (2,3,4) |
| PRANKSTER | Mischievous tricks by the heartless red-headed joker (9) |
| TERRORIST | The mistake is in the abstainer becoming a guerrilla (9) |
| YACHTCLUB | Craft group catch heartless bully out? |
| TEORORISM | The first mistake is to get married while planting bombs etc (9) |
| TERRORISM | Time one sergeant major admitted "mistake is organised violence and intimidation" (9) |
| PREFERRED | Quiet football official, having made a mistake, is favoured (9) |
| NOISELESS | Without sense of smell, one is contained and silent (9) |
| CURRENTLY | Now spiralling payment is contained (9) |
| BOOBYTRAP | Perhaps Tory U-turn after mistake is an accident waiting to happen |
| PATRIOTISM | After a time, disorder is contained by country's leader ... needing this? |
| CABINETS | China is contained by them, being powerful government groups (8) |
| CYST | Bladder-like, it is contained by fancy stitchwork (4) |
| RISING | Revolt is contained by band (6) |
| SAMOSA | Turnover, spectacular at first, is contained by Pacific island (6) |
| FIASCO | Debacle is current, even though contained by the Foreign Office |
| ADO | The trouble can be contained by the head, of course (3) |
