| LIEABOUT | Most of those in 10 across having a fight in lounge (3,5) |
| ABOUTTURN | Having a fight in the ring, so to go off would be a climb-down (5,4) |
| LIESABOUT | Doesn't tell the truth before a fight in lounges (4,5) |
| BOOKREVIEWER | Tends to be critical of half of those in 24 across having a job in the media (4,8) |
| RINGSIDE | One of the calls by Munster leads to a fight in the middle of arena (8) |
| OVERLAID | Put across, having concluded learner needs help (8) |
| MARABOUT | Offering up of sheep followed by a fight in holy shrine |
| OVERSTEP | Walk across, having finished backing favourites (8) |
| RUNABOUT | Organise a fight in a car |
| PURULENT | Court order to close tavern in park relates to one of those in 10 across turning yellow (8) |
| OPPOSERS | They put up a fight in rising river for show-offs (8) |
| ACADEMIC | Cicada flying around your truly upsets one of those in 10 across similarly (8) |
| TIMELOCK | Prison sentence for those in 10 across is a contradiction in terms of secure mechanism that's ajar for certain periods (4,4) |
| GANGWAYS | Escape passages, of course, for those in 10 across getting off (8) |
| DRILLBIT | What those in 10 across are likely to do when leader's back is turned is bound to be boring (5,3) |
| GUARDIAN | One of those in 8 across having minor responsibilities? (8) |
| JEROBOAM | You might 18 across having one of these to celebrate getting a job in Rome. (8) |
| SCRAPE | Awkward predicament, having a fight with first of enemies (6) |
| DAYDREAMER | Fantasist following most of those in 10 across out wool-gathering in the afternoon (10) |
| TUSSLING | Seconds away from ex-PM, not telling the truth, having a fight |
