| QUIP | Quit after making the last quiet, cutting remark |
| STEALTH | Playing the last quiet movement |
| SHARP | Cut, cut ___ quiet cutting? (5) |
| SALESMANAGER | Type of pitch for football coach - the one responsible for the team's results after making the most of promotion (5,7) |
| CLAMBER | Awkward ascent by an unusually calm rebel retreating after making the Spanish quit (7) |
| INFLAME | Get excited, myself, after making the final arrangements (7) |
| GUDGEON | Indignation after making the first daughter good bait for those down here |
| STALLIONS | Animals making the last alterations with pride (9) |
| BUGLING | Trouble Heather's got making the last post? |
| ATTACH | Couple set on making the last hours |
| CERULEAN | Regret making the last top in pure, sky-blue (8) |
| FUNERALDIRECTOR | Making the last journey, one of those in boardroom gets paid to put you down (7,8) |
| GARETH | England football manager who quit after the Men's Euros 2024 (6,9) |
| SOUTHGATE | England football manager who quit after the Men's Euros 2024 (6,9) |
| QUIXOTIC | One cox quit after bungling, being chivalrous |
| DEPERT | Quit after retaining old record in race |
| OUTSIDELEFT | Player quit after refusing to work with team |
| CLEAVE | Quit after Conservative split |
| INTERLEAVE | Quit after one collecting rent abused position regularly (10) |
| NAYLOR | She survived a shooting in Holby City, only to quit after 15 years (3,6) |
