| CAUSING | Resulting in |
| CREWCUT | Reduction in staff resulting in shortage at the top? (4,3) |
| ASIANFLU | Gold in finals round? Quite the opposite, resulting in a serious complaint (5,3) |
| HOOK | Do something in scrum, resulting in punch (4) |
| THESAURUS | Guy's covered in bull, resulting in plenty of choice words (9) |
| OVERDRAWN | Too greatly tempted, resulting in being in the red (9) |
| THONG | In jam, strike rear of car, resulting in whiplash |
| ROWDINESS | Lunches in the ranks resulting in bad behaviour (9) |
| CHINA | One's kept in check by knight that's advanced, resulting in mate (5) |
| SELFABASEMENT | False moves by chaps in graduate class resulting in humiliation (4-9) |
| SHOTGUNWEDDING | Ned got Huw's daughter up the spout in Gabon ? resulting in this? (7,7) |
| POPISHPLOT | Conspiracy fabricated by Titus Oates in 1678 resulting in multiple executions and the Exclusion Bill Crisis (6,4) |
| DOUBLE | Two consecutive illegal serves in tennis resulting in the server losing a point (6,5) |
| FAULT | Two consecutive illegal serves in tennis resulting in the server losing a point (6,5) |
| DISASTER | Criminal tried taking in soldiers, resulting in tragedy |
| GUILLOTINE | Look into culpability in case finally resulting in capital punishment |
| QUARANTINE | Smuggled in fake antique, resulting in solitary confinement |
| MATTERHORN | "King of Mountains" rising to 4,478 m, first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865, resulting in the death of four of his crew on the way back down (10) |
| BOSWORTH | Site in England of a battle of the Wars of the Roses resulting in the death of Richard III (8) |
| LEPANTO | Described in a G. K. Chesterton poem, a 1571 battle resulting in the Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet (7) |
