| BELEARNED | Quietly going, sacked? Bland response ... well, lies (1 down justifying why not) (7,4,2,7) |
| LESSONSWILL | Quietly going, sacked? Bland response ... well, lies (1 down justifying why not) (7,4,2,7) |
| WHOSE | "Here lies One ___ Name was writ in Water" (words on Keats's tombstone) |
| UNTRUTHS | Lies one could trust Hun to put about (8) |
| PLEADING | Quietly going ahead with a claim to be not guilty? (8) |
| PLUMB | Top boss quietly going up to keep chimney vertical (5) |
| INTERPRET | Read holy writings with hesitation, quietly going into strange rite |
| FUDDLECAP | Soak once in pool, quietly going about, freezing point outside |
| PARAGON | Model of virtue quietly going to a part of Spain (7) |
| OVULATION | With head covered, people quietly going for very personal monthly event (9) |
| SETT | Seven from Paris quietly going for more time in subterranean home |
| PLOVDIV | Quietly going round Lvov, I'd reached Bulgarian city (7) |
| HIPS | "___ Don't Lie" (#1 song for Shakira) |
| GOLDENHANDSHAKE | Old Ken hangs head, sacked? This'll keep him going (6,9) |
| CHEAP | Revolutionary character quietly going for a song (5) |
| SIMIAN | I'm in Spain, broke, quietly going ape (6) |
| ROVES | Bears out, quietly going for rambles (5) |
| PRECEDING | Coming earlier, quietly going back (9) |
| DAUNTS | Cows stand up, quietly going round the bend |
| PIE | A bird that is quietly going ahead |
