| ATCROSSPURPOSES | Volunteers returning angry with objects, misunderstanding one another |
| WONDER | Speculate about returning, angry now (6) |
| ATTHEREADY | Prepared volunteers returning with people embracing study (2,3,5) |
| RAT | Royal with volunteers returning rodent (3) |
| HABITAT | Regular practice with volunteers returning home (7) |
| ENDURES | Puts up with objects round the river (7) |
| OBEYED | Complied with objects purveyed outside (6) |
| DANCEATTENDANCE | Wait to catch volunteers, returning, breaking balls (5,10) |
| REGULATE | Rule, eg, over volunteers returning to gain control (8) |
| PARATROOPS | Trail volunteers returning in pursuit of normal soldiers (10) |
| ATCLOSEQUARTERS | Volunteers returning before end taking lodgings very near together (2,5,8) |
| ALIENATE | Set against foreign volunteers returning to Spain |
| ATTENDED | Volunteers returning, looked after, being shown up |
| TIMECAPSULE | Sealed container with objects from the present to be opened in the future (4,7) |
| RATATAT | Call sign of old volunteers returning three times after run (3,1,3) |
| GOD | Canine returning with object of worship (3) |
| GRANITE | Relative with object mostly made of rock (7) |
| HANGDOG | Dejected, having to put up with object of devotion's rejection |
| RECRUIT | Recur sporadically, with object to enlist (7) |
| PRESENT | Penny with object to give out (7) |
