| CASED | Packed up when checked out for break-in (5) |
| RUNEM | What a player might say who doesn't bet when checked to* |
| CHESSPIECES | They take up half the board when checked (5,6) |
| FIELDTESTED | Recreated fist, deleted when checked on the job (5,6) |
| FAULT | Responsibility for break in geology (5) |
| LIVER | Organ in Yorkshire village packed up (5) |
| APRIL | Pair packed up and left after a month (5) |
| TRUST | Confidence packed up, reportedly (5) |
| BALED | Packed up, in a way |
| BOXED | Packed up devising a plot about a beast (5) |
| SALUT | Word, from Dutch for "break up a ship on rocks", for a crack, rent, rip or tear, such as that of an idiomatic hair; or, in another sense, a cream-and-jam-filled Cornish or Devonshire bun (5) |
| FIRST | Used to ignite initial cigar for break (of day) (5,5) |
| ERUPT | Recalled perfect tense for "break out" (5) |
| SPLIT | Opening partner initially going in for break |
| PAUSE | Old man has requirement for break (5) |
| YEAREND | Vote for break in time for audit? (4-3) |
| RESTS | Word, from "leagues, miles", in reference to distances after which people reposed, for breaks, halts or pauses from activity or work (5) |
| EGGON | Urge preparation for break fast? (3,2) |
| TIGHT | Used to ignite initial cigar for break (of day) |
| LETUP | The French lay back for break |
