| GOWITHOUTSAYING | Stand to reason, but fail to utter on leaving |
| LOSTCAUSE | Lots about reason, but it's no use |
| KANT | Who said "Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination" |
| MISSTHEBUS | See girl on coach but fail to take opportunity (4,3,3) |
| STANDUP | Get to one's feet but fail to keep an appointment |
| LETTHESIDEDOWN | Prepare to unload truck but fail to give mates support |
| PASSBY | Go near to but fail to notice (4,2) |
| GETITWRONG | About to into winter with a fast car, but fail to understand (3,2,5) |
| LOSEONESCASE | Find luggage missing, but fail to get legal redress (4,4,4) |
| LACTOSE | Sugar for performance, but fail to win outside (7) |
| REVOKE | Annul it, but fail to follow suit (6) |
| MARKTIME | It's the moment for some gospel, but fail to come forward |
| TEMPORISE | Set off round store without hesitation, but fail to decide |
| OVERLOOK | Supervise, but fail to notice |
| DESOLATE | Lay low but fail to hold back during appointment (8) |
| SMOKEBOMB | Fume but fail to find distracting weapon. (5,4) |
| RENEGE | Some see general return but fail to follow suit (6) |
| NOSEY | Inquisitive, but fail to perceive, we hear (5) |
| DISMISS | Let troops break up disc endlessly, but fail to make connection (7) |
| TENDRIL | Shoot with 10-bore but fail to finish it off (7) |
