| NOISESOFF | Theatrical farce no one gets rid of (though second character cut) (6,3) |
| TOSSESOFF | Theatrical farce no one gets rid of (though second character cut) (6,3) |
| THROWSOUT | Gets rid of, though of unusual worth to us |
| NOISES | The kind of out-of-sight commotion in Michael Frayn's theatrical farce, ... Off |
| SACK | Get rid of, though it could be useful for storage (4) |
| ACCESSION | Coming into office entrance, no-one gets lift |
| CRYINGOUT | Badly in need of, though dismissing? (6,3) |
| CHIPOLATA | Greek character cut back on unlimited satay and sausage (9) |
| NOVELETTE | English character cut after month in story (9) |
| MODERATOR | Was a reasonable character cut short, or end up as a peacemaker (9) |
| ROLLICKED | Character cut, defeated, became boisterous (9) |
| EUPHORBIA | Plant second character inside having exaggerated feeling of wellbeing (9) |
| XYLOPHONE | Instrument unknown characters cut and polish |
| SMARTCARD | Second character covering selling area in anti-fraud device (5,4) |
| TARANTINO | Second character from Strangers on a Train cast as film maker (9) |
| DEPOSED | Attests how one gets rid of one in high station (7) |
| DEPOSES | Attests how one gets rid of one in high station (7) |
| ERASER | Some time after a service one gets rid of data (6) |
| CLEANER | One gets rid of the dirty bits and drops spy from screenplay (7) |
| EVENS | ... or 50-50 if one gets rid of the bumps (5) |
