| FLAGDOWN | Tire now sadly after day getting signal to stop (4,4) |
| ALLCLEAR | Caller upset by a line getting signal to proceed (3-5) |
| CUE | Unionist, in church, getting signal to begin speech (3) |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Writer badly mauled (but not dead) getting signal to enter burrow (6,7) |
| DIRECTLY | Work on a film from first light to end of the day getting to where you want to get without changing one's lines? (8) |
| SENDDOWN | Nurse with large breasts now sadly put away (4,4) |
| SENTDOWN | Student now sadly denied university time, being this? |
| DOWNLOAD | Receive data from director now sadly facing burden (8) |
| MONASTIC | One day getting caught imbibing wine - that's typical of monks |
| ABRIDGED | American wife welcoming golf day getting shortened |
| SALARIED | Receiving regular wage? Sadly, after retirement, one goes into the red (8) |
| JETLINER | I relent, sadly, after initially joining aircraft (8) |
| ONESIDED | Died sadly after nose broken, being unbalanced |
| CERULEAN | These days, getting order one becomes blue (8) |
| REDSTART | Songster's signal to stop before beginning (8) |
| REDFACED | Looking embarrassed, confronted by signal to stop? |
| FATHERED | Produced note before the signal to stop |
| REDLIGHT | The signal to stop (3,5) |
| REDFLAGS | Emblems of danger and signals to stop (3,5) |
| TOOTED | Blew the whistle on writer after getting signal (6) |