| CONN | Responsibility for a ship's steering |
| SPOKES | Umbrella ribs; ladder rungs; radial rods connecting a wheel's axle or hub to its rim; or, similar projections of a ship's steering device (6) |
| CONNS | Directs a ship's steering |
| RUDDER | Submerged part of a ship's steering apparatus (6) |
| DOCTOR | An old word for a teacher; slang for a ship's cook; a cool sea breeze in a warm country, thought conducive to health; a surgeonfish; a "sawbones" known to the Anglo-Saxons as a leech; brown sherry; or |
| PORT | From the Latin for "haven" or "harbour", a city or town's anchorage; or, a word among mariners for a ship's left side, opposite starboard (4) |
| STAMPDUTY | The good person, a politician, with the responsibility for a tax (5,4) |
| MINOR | Major responsibility for a parent |
| ESTATE | Responsibility for a groundskeeper |
| LESSEE | The French bishop's responsibility for a tenant (6) |
| CARRYTHECAN | Take responsibility for a misdeed (5,3,3) |
| BABYSAT | Temporarily took responsibility for a small charge |
| PET | Responsibility for a house sitter, maybe |
| UNDERWRITE | Accept financial responsibility for a project (10) |
| ADOPTED | Took on legal responsibility for (a child) (7) |
| CARRIEDTHECAN | Took responsibility for a misdeed (7,3,3) |
| CARER | Person taking responsibility for a dependent (5) |
| OWNGOAL | Take responsibility for a design blunder |
| WOODPIGEON | Club taking responsibility for a ravager of crops? |
| OWNIT | Take responsibility for a screw-up |
