| DEMIT | Resign as Head of Division, period being over |
| REMEASURED | Part of army a certain head of division assessed for the second time |
| GNASH | Forced to resign as head can cause one to grind one's teeth - as you may discover when looking inside! (5) |
| CHAPTER | Book division. Period (7) |
| DISENGAGE | Head of department is taking English period, being free |
| ESTATE | Assets, developed over a long period, being stripped (6) |
| DECADENT | Books on period being immoral (8) |
| ICEAGE | Very cold period, being kept in a cage, that is (3,3) |
| STEPDOWN | Resign as result of reduced output (4,4) |
| REASSIGN | Resign, as inclusion involves a second transfer (8) |
| SINGER | Somehow resign as a musician (6) |
| DEMITASSE | Resign as side loses heart in cup |
| CAROLSINGER | Girl may resign as a Xmas vocalist (5,6) |
| DEFENDER | Of the Faith, a title held by Charles III as head of the Church of England (8) |
| SECRETARYGENERAL | Undisclosed officer's taken over a railway as head of international group |
| BOWSOUT | Resigns as ribbon ties are unfashionable (4,3) |
| GYRATE | Turn around, as head of gang is an unknown quantity in front of judge (6) |
| MONARCHY | Form of government that has a queen, king or emperor as head of state |
| STUDENTS | They're bound to learn lessons as head of services expresses disapproval over library (8) |
| DONITZ | Karl ___, German admiral named as Adolf Hitler's successor as head of state in April 1945 |
