| SUSPECTS | Puts the cat out then joins the sect and imagines them guilty of things (8) |
| SELECTS | Leslie joins the sect and makes his choice (7) |
| LACTATE | Let a cat out so as one can produce milk (7) |
| CITES | I join the sect and it quotes me as an authority (5) |
| TIGRIS | Which river rises in Turkey, flows through Baghdad, then joins the Euphrates? (6) |
| IRTYSH | Which river rises in northern China, flows westwards into Kazakhstan, then joins the River Ob in Russia? (6) |
| YEARNS | Longs for the opportunity? Yes! So joins the RAN (6) |
| ENLISTS | Listens carefully, then joins up (7) |
| OUTFIT | Not at home? Healthy? Then join the gang! |
| SUSPENDS | Puts the cat out and what a send-off - but finally hangs for it (8) |
| SUSPENSE | Seen to put the cat out but showing tense uncertainty about it (8) |
| TECHIEST | The sect prepared to induct one most savvy about computers (8) |
| CONSULTS | Seeks advice from the troubled son inside the sects (8) |
| TAGALONG | Loiter about during wild tango, then join in (3,5) |
| AGA | "___ Khan" - Hereditary title of the religious and spiritual leader of the sect of lsmaili Muslims (3) |
| ATTIC | It's wrong, maybe, to put the cat out of the room |
| CHEAT | Being unfair, he puts the cat out! (5) |
| CANIT | Command to stop in, perhaps, and put the cat out (3,2) |
| SPURS | It's right to put the cat out and use these to make her go |
| KINANE | Michael ___, 1998 and 2001 winner of The Oaks on Shahtoush and Imagine (6) |
