| KISS | Unfortunately, Ofsted has killed inspirational leaders, the final nail in the coffin? (4,2,5) |
| OFDEATH | Unfortunately, Ofsted has killed inspirational leaders, the final nail in the coffin? (4,2,5) |
| DEADWEIGHT | The burden of carrying the coffin? (4,6) |
| THEKISSOFDEATH | A nail in the coffin supplied by Judas? |
| CIGARETTE | Nail in the coffin after failing triage, etc (9) |
| SPARKPLUGS | Inspirational leaders |
| ENDING | Yielding after loss of leader: the final scene? (6) |
| TORCHBEARER | Inspirational leader who lights the way ahead (11) |
| INSPECTIONS | In bits, having received second of upsetting OFSTED visits? |
| NAIL | The final ___ in the coffin (final blow) |
| CREMATE | To dispose of the body, put me back in the coffin! (7) |
| CANINES | The inspirational leader in the Riviera city gets the hounds (7) |
| DRIVEIN | Hammer a nail in the cinema? (5-2) |
| ANNIHILATE | Completely take out a nail in the ground (10) |
| MONALISA | Painting intricate nails in the clutches of New Zealand bird (4,4) |
| VILLAINY | In 5.2, Othello tells Emilia, Iago's wife, that Iago said that Desdemona was false. Emilia sees that Othello has killed Desdemona. Emilia goes out to the street and confronts Iago. She finds out it wa |
| DAGGERS | In 2.2, Macbeth has killed Duncan, and he returns to Lady Macbeth. What has he carried back to her? |
| PMS | Brit. leaders, the last four of whom begin the answers to starred clues |
| POTSHOT | Saucepan's ready for cooking what this has killed (7) |
| DIARIES | Daily Records' disastrous leaders the first sign of spring? (7) |
