| SODSLAW | Was sold out - if anything can go wrong, it will! (4,3) |
| MURPHYSLAW | If anything can go wrong, it will (7,3) |
| MURPHYS | - Law, adage which means anything that can go wrong will go wrong (7) |
| NOCANDO | Can do no wrong - it simply can't be done! |
| STIRRUP | ... rugby trips can go wrong - one might put one's foot in it (7) |
| REDEEMS | Should the shade seem wrong, it makes up for it (7) |
| DECAGON | Figure can go wrong after Edward returns (7) |
| ENSURES | Confirms a ruse can go wrong in various ways (7) |
| ROMANCE | Liaison can go wrong in European city (7) |
| ANEMONE | One gets first name wrong, it being a flower (7) |
| LSLOWRY | Painter whose 1947 oil Beach Scene, Lancashire, was sold at auction last November for £1.2million (1,1,5) |
| TESTATE | It was consumed after examination but it's been left by Will! |
| INCANDESCENCE | If anything can shed a light on things, science can, Ned (13) |
| FIREMAN | Go to blazes! He will! (7) |
| LAW | The statement 'Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong' is succinctly referred to as Murphy's ... - the corollary states it will do so at the least convenient time |
| MAFIA | "Nice place you got here, it'd be a pity if anything happened to it" speakers |
| SURECAN | "You betcha I will!" |
| EXECUTE | To work with a will! (7) |
| ERR | Further research shows how wrong it will go (3) |
| KNOWBETTER | It's worse if anything, they say, to be wiser |
