| SHOULDERBLADE | Mistaking one end of mastoid for the other, accept responsibility for flat bone |
| TEMPORALBONE | Part of the skull made up of four sections: the squama, petrous, tympanic and mastoid |
| LAIR | Home from bar, twice mistaking one foot for the other (4) |
| THERAPY | Others accept blame for this treatment (7) |
| EARNEST | Each point others accept is serious (7) |
| PASSESTHEBUCK | Wouldn't accept responsibility for having overtaken the dandy (6,3,4) |
| FACETHEMUSIC | Accept responsibility for one's actions (4,3,5) |
| STERNUM | Long flat bone of the chest consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus and xiphoid process (7) |
| VOMER | Thin flat bone forming part of the middle partition of the nose; Latin, 'ploughshare' (5) |
| CARRYTHECAN | Dodgy character New York appears to accept responsibility for |
| TAKETHERAP | Accept responsibility for what director produced finishing off treatment? (4,3,3) |
| INSIDEJOBS | Batting teams must accept responsibility for such offences (6,4) |
| SCAPULA | Either of two large flat bones on the back part of the shoulder in man (7) |
| SHOULDER | Accept responsibility for |
| OWNIT | Accept responsibility for something |
| OWN | Accept responsibility for |
| NONUSER | Emperor mostly accepts responsibility for failure to exercise legal right (3-4) |
| BONUS | Bighead accepts responsibility for extra payment (5) |
| OWNS | Accepts responsibility for |
| STEPSUP | Accepts responsibility for increases (5,2) |
