| SWEAR | Take an oath in sideshow's first and final hearing (5) |
| ENDEAR | Win over one at final hearing (6) |
| BLAST | Band's first and final hit (5) |
| ASKTOSEE | Request to take a look, having first and final menu from abandoned steakhouse (3,2,3) |
| SWORE | Took an oath in court (5) |
| SAGES | Persons famed for wisdom become old in sideshows |
| CECIL | Henry ..... , trainer of Epsom Derby winners Slip Anchor, Reference Point, Commander in Chief and Oath in 1985, 1987, 1993 and 1999 respectively (5) |
| BIBLE | Book that people take an oath on |
| PAULV | Which pope forbade England's Catholics to take an oath of allegiance required after the Gunpowder Plot? (4,1) |
| OWNER | Proprietor in sideshow, nervous (5) |
| OWNUP | Come clean about being involved in sideshow nuptials (3,2) |
| SWORN | Under oath, ... in |
| FORSWORE | Agree to give it up when in favour of an oath in the past (8) |
| NATIONALANTHEM | Composed an oath in lament of God Save the Queen, for example (8,6) |
| SLOPES | Is inclined to canter leisurely in sideshows |
| DODGEMS | Small cars used in sideshows (7) |
| OMERTA | Team up, or take an oath (6) |
| CENSOR | One who refuses to take an oath? |
| SWEARS | Takes an oath and uses crude language (6) |
| PROMISSOR | One takes an oath for girl in front of soldiers (9) |
