| QUALITYCONTROL | Question line taken by criminal court and lay into QC (7,7) |
| SCULPTOR | Artist's second record admitted by criminal court (8) |
| INCONSEQUENTIAL | Trivial question line can get thrown out |
| FIRSTCOUSIN | Condition backed by criminal courts, time being accepted by father having provoked relative (5,6,4,7) |
| CASTLERAMPARTS | Players will lay into roles on walls of stronghold (6,8) |
| RHODEISLANDRED | Breed of domestic fowl that originated in America and lays brown eggs |
| BLINDMANSBLUFF | Line taken by screen devotee about ministA-erial residence, almost a game (5,4,5) |
| TURN | It's on to lay into and it's down to reject (4) |
| LAYING | When ___ eggs some species will lay their eggs on the ground next to a plant source while others will bore a hole into the plant and lay eggs inside. |
| INTERN | Train as a doctor and lay to rest by mid-evening (6) |
| EXCAVATE | To unearth and lay bare by digging, especially in archaeology (8) |
| TWOLEGGED | Lay into old wet characters, preferably isosceles (3-6) |
| HAMMER | Lay into poor actor: 'Simply half-cut' |
| CAPTAIN | Leader inclined to lay into second man |
| CARPET | Lay into piece of machinery, having fit of pique |
| DRAGONISH | Tabloid about to lay into stunner acting like a virago |
| ATTACK | Lay into a top of a toe nail (6) |
| SAVAGE | Lay into Paul O'Grady's alter ego (6) |
| ASSAIL | Lay into a girl coming back about one! (6) |
| LIMB | Starts to lay into the doctor with a branch (4) |
