| OUTONALIMB | Off making an ascent, not caught in dicey position |
| VANISHING | Putting on coat, run off making an exit (9) |
| PRIME | Cardinal, prince and king making an ascent (5) |
| LIMBER | Supple person making an ascent ignoring cold (6) |
| BACKGAMMON | Encourage deception in dicey contest |
| CUBE | It's in dicey shape (4) |
| ECDYSIS | Shedding skin revealed in dicey steamship (7) |
| HAZARDS | They are encouraged in dicey situations (7) |
| CONDITION | Prisoner, not "caught" in a manner of speaking, in nick |
| BILLYTHEKID | Gunfighter can hit deck, not caught in explosion (5,3,3) |
| HUB | Fish not caught in centre of activity (3) |
| MONOTHEIST | Christian, for one, not caught in second robbery |
| INSETS | Smallish creatures not caught in smallish pictures (6) |
| STUKA | Stuck, not caught, in a bomber (5) |
| REAM | Dairy product not caught in large quantity (4) |
| INSET | Fly for one not caught in loose sheet (5) |
| DETER | Put off making decision, not working in pit |
| TAILSKIDS | In aeronautics, a backward movement of an aircraft following a stall during an ascent (9) |
| PLAGIARISE | Mountain to go up? Then soldier will get an ascent in lift! |
| BASECAMP | Evil group in place to begin an ascent? (4,4) |
