| NEWSWORTHINESS | Wavering of sworn witness? He finds it's what's needed to be reported in the media (14) |
| TRUNCATE | Large box had to be reported in dock (8) |
| DOMINATE | I meant to do what's needed, to be in control (8) |
| DOWNPAYMENT | Deposit? It's what's needed to buy feathers (4,7) |
| HESITATION | Wavering of ambassador initially inept in post |
| PHRASE | Battles may be reported in this combination of words (6) |
| SYRINGE | It's what's needed for a vaccine jab. Yes, grin somehow (7) |
| INUIT | Igloo? He finds you in it |
| HAILEDATAXI | Spooner followed a journalist (Witness: "He took a ride") (6,1,4) |
| MACHETE | Friend, about 100 ? he finds broad knife (7) |
| DEPOSITION | The giving of sworn evidence in a court of law (10) |
| BREACHOFPROMISE | One's word of honour might lie in a case of sworn assurance... (6,2,7) |
| ALTAR | Scene of sworn statements |
| PICKLEDHERRING | In Nova Scotia, along with onions, it's what's in a jar of Solomon Gundy: 2 wds. |
| SPACETELESCOPE | Star witness? |
| SCANDALS | Meandering canals around Dublin suburbs open to a serious of transgressions reported in the paper (8) |
| ONTHERECORD | Ready to be reported where one finds the musical groove? (2,3,6) |
| INCIDENTS | Sent in CID mistakenly, as they're usually reported in the barracks (9) |
| TITBIT | It backfired on the British leaders and it is reported in the gossip column (6) |
| OBSERVER | Local hooligan loses the head with one of those in court - presumably, it's the witness? (8) |
