| PYROTECHNIC | Policeman arresting Crooked Charlie, in theory for causing explosions (11) |
| DISMEMBER | Break - in theory - for European Commission in a month (9) |
| DETONATOR | Roster seen overturned, causing explosion (9) |
| SUPERNOVA | Stewed prunes and eggs causing explosion |
| NECKANDCROP | Completely down with policeman arresting Republican |
| DETRIMENTAL | Tried man let out for causing damage (11) |
| MOD | Kind of operation in number theory, for short |
| SAINTHELENS | Volcanic peak in the Cascade Range, southwestern Washington, U.S. Its eruption on May 18, 1980, was one of the greatest volcanic explosions ever recorded in North America. (5,6) |
| PANIC | Policeman arresting one Ulster grass(5) |
| CHOPPY | Policeman arresting husband, extremely prickly and rough (6) |
| CHOOSY | Policeman arresting husband, extremely prickly and rough (6) |
| SHARECROPPER | Hears about policeman arresting Republican tenant farmer (12) |
| TADPOLES | Cheers policeman arresting European pond life (8) |
| CHOPCHOP | Policeman arresting Henry on crack quickly |
| DAM | Has a reputation for causing blockage in Hoover (3) |
| MORBIFIC | Firm infuriated with old boy in charge, for causing disease |
| ANTHESIS | A new theory for a botanical process |
| SITCOM | "I Love Lucy" or "The Big Bang Theory," for example |
| NERD | Leonard or Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory for example |
| GEEK | Sheldon of "The Big Bang Theory," for one |
