| TAKEITBACK | Return with purchase, perhaps to apologise |
| OFFER | - of amends; procedure described in the Defamation Act 1996 enabling a defendant to apologise to the claimant of a libel case to avoid further dispute (5) |
| HUMBLEPIE | To eat this is to apologise |
| ILLATEASE | Embarrassed setter intends to apologise initially to guy |
| EGRET | Bird that won't start to apologise (5) |
| EATHUMBLEPIE | Be forced to apologise (3,6,3) |
| GROVE | Dictionary-maker to apologise humbly, having omitted line |
| PROUD | Self-important, too - to apologise |
| ATONE | ... a note to apologise (5) |
| FORGETIT | Fashion dated promptly — no need to apologise |
| RANGE | Sweep called back to apologise |
| OBSCENE | Vulgar science graduate, last to apologise, interrupts joke |
| SORRY | Say it to apologise for being worthless (5) |
| SUPEREGO | Garda, for example, to apologise at the centre for self-critical conscience (8) |
| EULOGISTS | People praising one of those late goals use it excitedly, without beginning to apologise (9) |
| THINKNOTHINGOFIT | Don't rate computer services at all? There's no need to apologise |
| SAYSORRY | It's terrible, Rosy - Ray's going to apologise (3,5) |
| ATTRACTION | Temptation to clean out account with purchase (10) |
| LEVER | Learner always gives help with purchase |
| TODISTRACTION | see 9ac, Did investor go wrong with purchase? Very annoyed |
