| WINCH | To gain a companion, a cranky thing to do? |
| WITCH | Humour a companion - a charmer! (5) |
| SQUELCH | Shriek having lost a companion a it sounds like it sucks (7) |
| MAKEPEACE | A blessed thing to do? (4,5) |
| CORK | Is removing it a screwy thing to do? (4) |
| LAYAGHOST | A dispiriting thing to do? (3,1,5) |
| XOLOTL | Quetzalcoatl was the symbol of death and resurrection. With his companion, a dog-headed god, he was said to have descended to the underground hell of Mictlan to gather the bones of the ancient dead. |
| STOWAWAY | A person who hides in a ship to gain a passage (8) |
| CRAB | Type of seafood that can also refer to a cranky person |
| AGITATORS | They protest, being a cranky sort, after a girl has sex (9) |
| RESORT | Next thing to do? Arrange holiday destination |
| INDEED | Trendy thing to do? Absolutely! (6) |
| LOSEONESELF | Is this an impossibly careless thing to do? (4,7) |
| DODDLE | Peculiar lot firstly in Germany and Spain have easy thing to do? (6) |
| FISH | Other ___ to fry: more important things to do? |
| CHAPERON | Companion, a body with-out second companion (8) |
| CHIPOLATA | Companion, a pilot, chewed a sausage |
| ALSORAN | One failing to gain a place in a lyceum, at first so put out |
| CARROT | What is dangled metaphorically as a reward to gain a favor |
| STEALAMARCHON | Dishonestly get a month more to gain a crafty advantage (5,1,5,2) |
