| OXHIDE | Penetrating compound, initially hell for leather |
| ABSOLUTIONS | Cab about to leave compound, initially seeking pardons (11) |
| ATP | Organic energy compound, initially |
| FAST | Went hell for leather for Swift (4) |
| RUNIN | Go hell for leather at home to exchange blows with jobsworth, for instance (3-2) |
| HASTEN | Go hell for leather in desperate Athens (6) |
| DISSUADE | Stop one going hell for leather, say (8) |
| SHILPIT | Inferior Scottish trap, hell for leather at first |
| HURTLES | Injured, the man goes hell for leather (7) |
| PIRANA | Detective went hell for leather with a dangerous swimmer in school (6) |
| ATFULLPELT | How tanners work to maximise profit, ie hell for leather (2,4,4) |
| FRUITFLY | To go hell for leather after being in a jam can be a pest on a date (5,3) |
| CROCODILE | Low-down lizard can go hell for leather to make it snappy! (9) |
| FLYINGSAUCER | Going hell for leather with 19 down transporting aliens (6,6) |
| CHARADES | Commander initially put gunners through hell for a game |
| APOCALYPSE | Last day will be hell for some people (10) |
| THEAPOCALYPSE | Last day will be hell for some people (3,10) |
| UNDERWORLD | It can be hell for the criminal class (10) |
| DEFINITELY | Identify moves describing the inside of Hell, for sure |
| WALL | War is hell for the banks in Berlin (4) |
