| EATHUMBLEPIE | Pub theme a lie so was forced to apologise (3,6,3) |
| RELIED | Red used a lie and then depended on it (6) |
| DELETION | Noted they included a lie then it ap- pears to have been removed (8) |
| HARDSHOULDER | Was forced to admit king is obliged to queen in emergency situation |
| OFFER | - of amends; procedure described in the Defamation Act 1996 enabling a defendant to apologise to the claimant of a libel case to avoid further dispute (5) |
| HUMBLEPIE | To eat this is to apologise |
| ILLATEASE | Embarrassed setter intends to apologise initially to guy |
| DURAN | When doubled, band that performed the James Bond theme "A View to a Kill" |
| ATONE | ... a note to apologise (5) |
| SUPEREGO | Garda, for example, to apologise at the centre for self-critical conscience (8) |
| EGRET | Bird that won't start to apologise (5) |
| TAKEITBACK | Return with purchase, perhaps to apologise |
| GROVE | Dictionary-maker to apologise humbly, having omitted line |
| THINKNOTHINGOFIT | Don't rate computer services at all? There's no need to apologise |
| FORGETIT | Fashion dated promptly — no need to apologise |
| SAYSORRY | It's terrible, Rosy - Ray's going to apologise (3,5) |
| OBSCENE | Vulgar science graduate, last to apologise, interrupts joke |
| SORRY | Say it to apologise for being worthless (5) |
| SISYPHUS | In Greek mythology, a king who was forced to roll a large boulder to the top of a hill, only for it to roll back when he neared the top (8) |
| PROUD | Self-important, too - to apologise |
