| TRENDING | Right back about to stop generating discussion (8) |
| GRATEFUL | Obliged to pull back, about to assess force |
| REDEEMED | Got back, about to be judged (8) |
| INIMICAL | Hostile core of feminists about to stop in a short distance (8) |
| VENDETTA | Old soldier about to stop cheers for feud (8) |
| GREEDIER | Feminist about to stop working seen as comparatively selfish? (8) |
| GRADIENT | Rise in subsidy about to stop suddenly (8) |
| SHANGHAI | Mum about to stop working with a current force on board ship (8) |
| TAPDANCE | Desperate character about to stop recording moving performance (3,5) |
| LADYBIRD | It's spotted by duke about to stop landowner |
| TEATROLLEY | Food server still laid back, about to have some bread (3,7) |
| VOTER | Clergyman turns back, about to be democratic decider (5) |
| OGRE | Turn back, about to discover monster |
| CHANGED | Turned part of calendar back, about to put on hook |
| RECEDE | Go back, about to give up (6) |
| OWING | Go back - about to gain victory which is due (5) |
| SLEEPOVER | Huntsman's back, about to stay the night (5,4) |
| RECURS | Comes back about to swear, stopping short |
| SPOIL | One cuts back, about to overindulge (5) |
| RECOUPS | Gets back; about to blow trap (7) |
