| ELATED | Was connected right away, so was delighted (6) |
| NOTATHOME | Was playing away, so was not ready to receive visitors (3,2,4) |
| CEASE | It may escalate, but not in right away, so has to stop (5) |
| AWEIGH | Up and away, so to speak (6) |
| ERODES | How a hillside eats away, so deer have to relocate (6) |
| ATEASE | Killing every now and then was the way she relaxed (2,4) |
| RESTED | Wrenched away, so to sepa, and took five |
| BEATIT | Hurry away - so fly like a bird? |
| BIGONE | It often gets away, so we've heard |
| TOSSES | Throws away, so to speak |
| ENDSIT | Puts the game away, so to speak |
| CAMEOS | Carved gems arrived, so was upset (6) |
| LIFTED | Produced tea in a field so was given a rise (6) |
| BROKEN | May be penniless, in the end, so was defeated (6) |
| SCARCE | Is in short supply, so was hard to get (6) |
| UNTIED | Came loose so was freed from bondage (6) |
| DIEOUT | Fade away then disappear completely (3,3) |
| CARING | Is tending to be looking after one, so was about to call in (6) |
| RACING | A car came back in good order, so was going off at speed (6) |
| THEHOO | "So was ___ ..." |
