| TAKENOTICE | Pay attention, or get warning of dismissal (4,6) |
| NOTICE | Warning of dismissal from employment (6) |
| CAMBER | Curve in road about to get warning sign (6) |
| HAREBELL | Rush to get warning device for plant (8) |
| SHOWPIECES | Things that attract attention or admiration as outstanding examples of their type (10) |
| REDHERRING | Clue intended to divert attention or mislead (3,7) |
| PEREMPTORY | Insisting on immediate attention or obedience (10) |
| OBSERVANCE | Respectful attention or compliance with custom |
| LIST | Pay attention, or bend over (4) |
| HEED | Pay attention or give consideration |
| NOWWATCHCLOSELY | 'Pay attention or you'll miss it' |
| ONYOURBIKE | Expression of dismissal (2,4,4) |
| DIGRESS | Lose clarity or turn aside esp. from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, |
| QUEUES | Lines of people awaiting their turn for attention or to proceed; tails of animals in heraldry; or, another word for pigtails (6) |
| OBJECT | A thing observed; a purpose or goal; the focus of one's attention or feelings; or, a deplorable spectacle (6) |
| FOCAL | _ point; a central location - or and item - of attention or interest (5) |
| AWAY | A game or match played or won at an opponent's ground; or, an interjection of dismissal (4) |
| LAPSE | From "glide, slip", a word for a decline in standards; an error; a failure in attention or memory; a moral fall; the passage of time; or, a stumble (5) |
| GIMMICKRY | An array of tricks or devices designed to attract extra attention or publicity (9) |
| NOTABLE | Worthy of attention or notice (7) |
