| ATONES | Performs a penance |
| PENITENTS | In the Roman Catholic Church, people who confess their sins to a priest and submit to a penance imposed by him |
| HAIR | _ shirt, a shirt made of rough cloth, worn next to the skin as a penance (4) |
| SHRIVES | Imposes a penance |
| ATONEMENT | Single fellows in Tibet, empty following a penance (9) |
| SHRIFT | Move right in - a penance at one time (6) |
| NONAPPEARANCE | Failure to turn up wearing apron - a penance (13) |
| EXPIATORY | Former figures in garden, with first couple moving back as a penance (9) |
| FOUETTE | A "whipped turn" in classical ballet where the dancer performs a pirouette followed by a plie into a la seconde (7) |
| COG | Word for any one of the sprockets of a gear or other toothed wheel, thus for a subordinate who performs a routine or small part in a greater system (3) |
| BUNTS | Performs a sacrifice, in a way |
| ANONYM | A fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role. |
| SERVER | Part of a computer network that performs a particular task, such as storing information (6) |
| BLUESMAN | One who composes or performs a melancholy style of music, often with a rasping sound (8) |
| SKUNK | Mammal that sometimes performs a handstand before emitting a stinky spray |
| ACTS | Performs a role, like Emmerdale star Samantha Giles does for a living (4) |
| DODGE | In the first half, dear, a dog performs a trick (5) |
| DOESDONUTS | Performs a celebratory maneuver after a NASCAR race, say |
| KNEE | Spot where a doctor performs a reflex test |
| TWISTER | A fiddler who performs a modern dance (7) |
