| IRRUPTION | One officer not involved in dishonesty or breaking in |
| FALSITY | It's a fly, involved in dishonesty (7) |
| ROCK | Any one of the boulders or crags one is said to be on when in a state of ruin, destitution or breaking down (4) |
| BADFAITH | Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (3,5) |
| HAMMER | Hand tool for driving nails, beating metal or breaking toffee; auctioneer's gavel; or, a striking mechanism in a clock or piano (6) |
| ABOVEBOARD | Legitimate, free of any trace of dishonesty or fraud (10) |
| TOTHEWIND | Verge on dishonesty or disaster (at sea?) (4,5,2,3,4) |
| SAILCLOSE | Verge on dishonesty or disaster (at sea?) (4,5,2,3,4) |
| KNAVERY | South-eastern state involving northern state in dishonesty |
| DECEIT | Cede it mistakenly in dishonesty (6) |
| ARTDECO | One of the 18 in motorcade crash, but medical officer not needed (3,4) |
| MIDSHIPMAN | Junior officer not found at the bow or the stern? |
| SPECTATOR | Police officer not in hiding volunteers to be witness |
| ONTOP | Police officer not in charge? (2,3) |
| COPOUT | Excuse from officer not in line (3-3) |
| HARROW | Agricultural implement for pulverising, aerating or breaking up soil; or, a public school for boys in north-west London (6) |
| TREMBLER | One of the Shakers making or breaking the circuit? (8) |
| TIPCAT | Game that's not hard when one officer intervenes |
| FRAILTY | Weakness shown by one officer in battle |
| CODICIL | Will may have one officer guarding duke here in Paris (7) |
