| FULLYIMMUNE | State of being after a presidential pardon; or in relation to COVID-19 with the help of the circled letters |
| INCARCERATION | Imprisonment, or in relation to a hernia, inability to be massaged back into place |
| AMNESTY | Presidential pardon |
| POST | Indication of being after a job |
| WHOWON | Question pundits discuss after a presidential debate |
| INAUGURATIONBALL | Gala after a presidential oath |
| BRAILLE | An alphabet of raised dots for the partially sighted and blind, which came into being after a boy's tragic accident with a sharp tool of the awl kind (7) |
| ARGO | Ship, built with the help of the gods, that carried Jason and the Argonauts (4) |
| MAID | Escaped from aides-de-camp with the help of the Big House (4) |
| ROPESIN | Enlists the help of the person I work with (5,2) |
| RUFUS | a€¦ author of 10, 14, 17 24 and 19 with setter's surface raised high - and so say all of __ ! (5) |
| GUMSHIELD | Fighter's protection is good, er, to avoid exposure to Covid-19? (9) |
| CINDERELLA | The title character of a folk tale who, with the help of a fairy godmother, marries a prince (10) |
| TINSELLED | Being after money player expected to do well pens lines - just like the 32 this time of year! |
| STROKE | Sudden brain attack with symptoms identified with help of the FAST test (6) |
| RAIN | and 19. With a dark look, promises to water the garden |
| FANS | MLB games are played without them, due to Covid-19 |
| ENTER | Managed to get access with the help of a carpenter, in the end (5) |
| NEWTON | Scientist whose magnum opus Principia was published by the Royal Society with the help of Edmond Halley in 1687 and remains one of the world's most influential works |
| CASPIAN | Fictional prince crowned King of Narnia with the help of Aslan and the Pevensie siblings in the chronicles penned by C S Lewis (7) |
