| SPELLINGMISTAKE | Period in gym when core ignored, I bet a schoolboy error? (8,7) |
| PLAYTIME | Bet tiny fellow visits gym when work is over? |
| VINDALOOS | Temperature ultimately ignored, I load ovens carelessly a burning food? (9) |
| PANIC | Alarm call all ignored: I sleep, turning over (5) |
| POWERCUT | Disruption of energy when core company staff rejected to break away (5,3) |
| PEASOUP | Gym when old and get higher of course (3,4) |
| HOWLER | Schoolboy error - wolf? (6) |
| SLIPUP | Overturned more than one schoolboy error |
| UNIX | When core goes, disconnect operating system |
| EDGY | Used gym when uptight (4) |
| AHA | Fathead occasionally ignored, I see |
| NUMBS | Stops feeling digits when core energy dropped |
| ABBREVIATE | A verb, I bet, a feature to be cut short (10) |
| RISETOTHEBAIT | I bet a theorist when flustered gets to react to provocation as anticipated (4,2,3,4) |
| BEATIFIC | I bet a fancy motor racing company's head is supremely happy (8) |
| ABOMINATE | Glugging last drop of amaretto, I bet a man that's sozzled can't stand (9) |
| FLUTTER | An informal word for a modest bet; a toss of a coin; or, a movement of a flag or a bird/butterfly's wings (7) |
| TUCK | Take in a piece of material a schoolboy will enjoy eating (4) |
| HARROWED | Like a schoolboy all broken up when run over by a farmer! (8) |
| BIC | Brand whose logo includes a schoolboy with a ball for a head |
