| CROSSBOW | One gets fired for boast about idiotic boss (8) |
| ARSONIST | One gets fired for being a criminal |
| WIPEDOUT | Joke about idiotic dope, pun essentially, killed (5,3) |
| GARB | Cover for boast from the right (4) |
| YELPS | Word for "boasts" originally, now short sharp cries or barks expressing alarm, danger or pain (5) |
| REVOLVER | Develop rights on the outside, one sometimes gets fired (8) |
| ORDNANCE | Gets fired by those in Arsenal (8) |
| TASER | Gets fired for stunningly bringing down criminal (5) |
| WATERCANNON | Gets fired for sending crowds home cold and wet (5-6) |
| AMMO | Gets fired for lying in hammock? (4) |
| IGNITION | One getting fired for scrubbing Alps from oil paintings (8) |
| DEADSHOT | Marksman, late, gets fired. (4,4) |
| FIDGETER | Get fired for looking like you have ants in your pants (8) |
| TOMMYGUN | Mount Cook overlooks exercise centre set up by one fired for fighting during second World War (5,3) |
| CONFIDER | I'll tell you a secret: politician has got fired for corruption |
| HOTDRINK | Having been fired for imbibing cocoa maybe? (3,5) |
| ANTIAIRCRAFTGUN | One gets fired up! (4-8,3) |
| LUGER | Bear with totally heartless employer? One gets fired (5) |
| FIREARM | Anger in agricultural business -- one gets fired (7) |
| CANNONBALL | Sounds like cathedral staff member with globe gets fired (10) |
