| MADESENSE | Was forced to distinguish, but it was the right thing to do (4,5) |
| SHOULDHAVEBEEN | Was the right thing, but didn't happen |
| ECONOMICS | "The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's ___ 101, elementary stu ." - Elon Musk (9) |
| STALEMATE | Was forced to steal meat to stay in a deadend (9) |
| PASTERNAK | Russian author Boris ____ was forced to decline the 1958 Nobel literature prize |
| TRAVERSED | Passed through an area, but was forced to turn aside (9) |
| ALTERNATE | Learnt tea was forced to change (9) |
| INGOODFORM | Well it is the right thing to do socially (2,4,4) |
| DECENCY | Enclosed yard after end of year? It's the right thing to do |
| PROPERCOURSE | The right thing to do or have, if you want to study seriously (6,6) |
| PROPER | ... and support, with some hesitation, the right thing to do (6) |
| SURPRISED | Astonished, almost certain it was forced (9) |
| FAIR | It's just the right thing to be open-minded (4) |
| SAFARISUIT | Could African expedition go well with the right thing to wear on it? (6,4) |
| EXPRESSED | Leader-writer that was forced out? (9) |
| SISYPHUS | In Greek mythology, a king who was forced to roll a large boulder to the top of a hill, only for it to roll back when he neared the top (8) |
| ATTRACTION | Draw a number of races - right thing to do |
| ETHIC | ... in Rome, and here's right thing to do (5) |
| TACT | Delicate perception of the right thing to say without offending / diplomacy |
| FLOOR | Kind of fool the right thing to stand on (5) |
