| WITHDREW | Retracted what was said, - his claims |
| TOOKBACK | Retracted what was said about it's being non-returnable? |
| MISHEARD | Thought you said his dream was shattered (8) |
| TALKINGTYRO | Baby who's just said his first word? |
| YOBBISH | Yes, said his first gun is vulgar (7) |
| SAD | Said his heart's ignored, sorry! (3) |
| MLI | When William the Conqueror staked his claim |
| WHIMSICAL | Wife rubbished his claim, showing capricious mood (9) |
| SHOCKED | Outraged, - by his claim |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | Comic actor who said his requirements were "A park, a policeman and a pretty girl" |
| SCRUMS | Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan said his side had the two best - - - in last year's Super Rugby Pacific (6) |
| DRSEUSS | He "stood between parents and children on rainy days," said his Dartmouth doctorate citation |
| DEV | Businessman who recently said his wedding vows in Weatherfield General's A&E department (3,6) |
| ALAHAN | Businessman who recently said his wedding vows in Weatherfield General's A&E department (3,6) |
| ALANMOORE | Comic-book writer whose work has had many film adaptations, despite his claim that it is "designed to be unfilmable" |
| YET | "And ___ it moves" (Galileo's supposed response to being forced to recant his claim that the Earth moves around the sun) |
| ATEONESWORDS | Chewed over what was said and retracted it (3,4,5) |
| HAROLDBETHYNAME | What was said at Stassen's christening? |
| HOWSTHAT | Appeal what was said? (4,4) |
| EATONESWORDS | Retract what was said before (3,4,5) |
