| ANGRINESS | Resigns, maybe, after an outburst of displeasure (9) |
| EXPLOSIVE | Likely to result in an outburst of violence (9) |
| FIREWORKS | Dismiss acts in an outburst of bad temper (9) |
| LASTSTRAW | Cause of an outburst |
| UNCERTAIN | Indefinite truce in an outburst (9) |
| DETONATOR | Spoil a great set-up and this will cause an outburst |
| THRASHING | The thing about an outburst is it leads to a beating |
| ORANGUTAN | Jungle dweller called during an outburst (5-4) |
| ROUND | A circular biscuit, piece of dough/ pastry etc; a slice of bread or one sandwich; a dance in a ring; a series of calls made by a doctor or a postie; or, an outburst of applause (5) |
| BABYSTEPS | Headline after a toddler C.E.O. resigns, literally? |
| ABDICATES | A bishop announces 'time has elapsed' and resigns (9) |
| VOLLEY | Rapid flight of arrows, fusillade of bullets or an outburst of words (6) |
| PEAL | Whether a ring of a bell, a knell, an outburst of laughter or a boom of thunder, as if from hell, it is a loud noise that derives from "address, call upon, entreat, summons, yell" (4) |
| TANTRUM | An outburst of bad temper / fit of anger |
| CHECKMATE | One ending for a classic board game - another of which (when a player resigns) is represented visually six times in this puzzle |
| ENOSQUITS | Hazzard County deputy resigns? |
| STEPSDOWN | Fry's lost his chicken and in depression resigns (5,4) |
| BARRAGE | Type of gated river dam; an outburst of criticisms, questions or words; or, a tiebreaker bout or fight-off in fencing (7) |
| SERGEANT | In an outburst of anger, lay about the soldier |
| TEMPER | Mitigate an outburst of passion (6) |
