| NICKERS | They stole underwear according to reports (7) |
| TOOKAIM | Two arrived, according to reports, prepared to fire (4,3) |
| RECEDED | Went back and sowed seeds again, according to reports (7) |
| DESPISE | Scorn occasionally idle agents, according to reports (7) |
| HURLERS | They throw stuff - on the ditch according to reports |
| INCISES | Cuts pub measures, according to reports |
| STAINES | Town of shame, according to reports |
| ROEDEER | Animals travelled by boat here, according to reports (3,4) |
| ICICLES | Eavesdroppers spy on Communist representatives, according to reports |
| ROBBERS | Presumably, they stole the show in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (7) |
| LITIGATOR | Set fire to one reptile in sewer, according to reports (9) |
| LEADS | Precedes to Yorkshire city, according to reports (5) |
| FOOTPADS | They stole to pay for accommodation |
| RUMORHASIT | "According to reports ..." |
| PICT | Old Scot selected, according to reports (4) |
| URNS | According to reports, makes pots (4) |
| BARREN | Unproductive noble, according to reports |
| OVERSEES | Manages abroad, according to reports (8) |
| SIGHTSEER | Tourist area very dry, according to reports (9) |
| SEYCHELLES | According to reports, state is bombarding islands (10) |
