| ALLOWABLE | Permissible for a trainee, competent, to get depressed (9) |
| HALAL | Permissible for a Muslim to eat |
| LEGAL | It's permissible, for instance, in all swimming (5) |
| LANDOWNER | Learn new way to get depressed as a freeholder |
| BREAKDOWN | Pause to get depressed and collapse (9) |
| TURNTABLE | Models competent to carry vase onto revolving platform (9) |
| GASPEDALS | They get depressed a lot in the fast lane |
| MEASUREUP | Be sufficiently competent to take dimensions (7,2) |
| ONTHEBALL | Competent to pick seam, from where it is (2,3,4) |
| TAKEHEART | Accept compassion, and don't get depressed (4,5) |
| FIGHTDOWN | Suppress struggle and get depressed (5,4) |
| HANDSDOWN | The employees get depressed easily (5,4) |
| ALLOW | Permit a novice to get depressed |
| COMPLETE | For a trainee to get into a sports event is perfect (8) |
| ENTERKEY | At the end of the line, it's likely to get depressed |
| TURNDOWN | Refuse to get depressed after performance (4,4) |
| STARGAZERS | Right to get depressed in scrapes with leading astronomers |
| RUNDOWN | Manage to get depressed and unhealthy (3-4) |
| CLOWN | About to get depressed by knight and jester (5) |
| DREARY | Ready about right to get depressed (6) |