| IDENTITYCRISIS | Put a name on terrible time where they were in a state of uncertainty about their role |
| STRESSED | Emphasised they were in a panic (8) |
| DELIRIUM | Muriel & Di were in a state of shock (8) |
| QUANDARY | A state of uncertainty about what to do in a situation (8) |
| EXPATRIATES | They were in a state, but not now (11) |
| SUSPENSE | State of uncertainty about the future |
| AIRPORT | My two mates left Okehampton to go on a trip last summer, and they had an accident on the way to where they were flying from (7) |
| RHODEISLANDREDS | Breed of chickens named after the US state where they were bred in the late 19th Century (5,6.4) |
| ABEYANCE | Lincoln at Fourth of July dance heads off in a state of uncertainty (8) |
| ONHOLD | Rain check? Oh, half of London's going round in a state of uncertainty. (2,4) |
| ALLATSEA | Where the navy might be completely in a state of uncertainty? (3,2,3) |
| ATAGLANCE | Very quickly getting a label to put a name on (2,1,6) |
| LANCASTER | Duchy of -; portfolio of land/property held in trust for the reigning sovereign in their role as duke, currently the Queen (9) |
| OAKFOREST | Leaves home where they were once nuts for a collection of trees (3,6) |
| ALEXNEWELL | Actor who won a Tony in 2023 for their role as Lulu in the Broadway musical Shucked: 2 wds. |
| COLEESCOLA | Actor who won a Tony in 2025 for their role as Mary Todd Lincoln in "Oh, Mary!" |
| ATALOSS | In a state of uncertainty, with income less than outlay? (2,1,4) |
| IDENTIFIED | Put a name on one of those singled out (10) |
| WRANGLE | We saw emails which showed BCM and the DW&S were in a tussle over the legality of the operation, which we described as a ... Like the name of cowboy jeans. (7) |
| OLYMPIC | They were in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, the ... Games (7) |
