| NEVERENDING | Not stopping to give uniform back before tearing off |
| WAR | Song Sinead O'Connor sang before tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II |
| UTAH | Headgear, uniform back-to-front in western state (4) |
| REDRESSED | Put uniform back on and dealt with problem (9) |
| EXPRESS | Not stopping to put into words (7) |
| LETTER | He's not stopping to tell you the news (6) |
| EXTERNAL | Outward-looking, not stopping to accept mark of censure |
| UNBENDING | Not stopping to grab book that's reserved (9) |
| UPASTREE | Climbing a road not stopping to find tall plant that is poisonous (4-4) |
| MANSHIP | Steve, privateer Brit who nearly won a wet British 500cc GP after not stopping to change tyres. (7) |
| INGRATE | Tearing off to see an unappreciative person (7) |
| DENIGRATE | Desperate leaders tearing off to disparage (9) |
| GRANITE | Tearing off to get some rock (7) |
| INTEGRAL | Intact, tearing off to the left (8) |
| MYHEART | "While tearing off a game of golf; I may make a play for the caddy; But when I do, I don't follow through; Cause ... belongs to Daddy," breathed Marilyn Monroe (2,5) |
| DRESSINGDOWN | Tearing off a strip when less formally attired (8,4) |
| MAR | Damage gospel, tearing off the end |
| WRESTLING | Tearing off round lake for sport |
| PERFORATED | Spoke at length about fine, prepared for tearing off a strip |
| GRIFFON | Dog unexpectedly tearing off, deprived of drink |
