| OPENNESS | Sizable pasta slices, second being free? (8) |
| UNNAIL | Peacekeepers worry about gunmen finally being free? |
| SLIVER | Thinly slice second piece of offal |
| KELPIE | Knife edges slice second pastry for dog |
| SINECURE | With second being moved on, afraid for cushy job |
| LIBERATE | Pupil I scold for being "free" (8) |
| LEISURED | Casually lied about stable being free from work (8) |
| PURENESS | State of being free of contaminants (8) |
| INFORMAL | Popular class is joined by nearly everyone, being free (8) |
| SECURITY | Being free from danger? In Canterbury, maybe, you are while texting (8) |
| RIDDANCE | Good ___, expression of relief at being free of an unwanted person (8) |
| CALMNESS | The state of being free of agitation (8) |
| THROWING | Giving a party, it's maybe worth being free with the gin (8) |
| TARDINESS | Sailor eats second, being a little late |
| POE | Pope didn't have a quiet second, being a writer (3) |
| COALESCED | Case closed, tidied up, without a second being amalgamated |
| INCONSTANT | Conservative coming in second, being far from reliable |
| MOIST | First chases second, being tearful (5) |
| PLUNDERED | Pressure-cleaned, without second being stolen |
| TWISTY | Idiot Yankee obstructed by second being devious (6) |
