| LESSEROF | With 45-Across, wise choice when faced with a dilemma |
| TWOEVILS | Wise choice when faced with a dilemma |
| ELDER | (and 25 Across) Wise politician deals cunningly with matters in short space (5,9) |
| SWORN | (and 6 Across) Wise Norsemen fighting - they don't get along (5,7) |
| AMMONIA | Bullets turned in when faced with a pungent chemical (7) |
| PRETTYPASS | Smart soccer move when faced with a nasty predicament? (6,4) |
| LASTSTRAW | Laws start to be drawn up when faced with a bridge too far (4,5) |
| THORNIEST | Most tricky ordeal in which one is faced with a bit of a dilemma? |
| ITTORATT | Solver's dilemma when faced with the clue "Telecom letters" |
| RISETOTHEBAIT | What a char might do when faced with temptation? (4,2,3,4) |
| REDSTART | Flighty type to get going when faced with sign of danger (8) |
| AGORSPHOBE | Person who suffers from chronic anxiety when faced with public areas (10) |
| DREDGE | Sort of collector to show irritability when faced with debtor |
| ANTIQUE | Quite vexed when faced with an old bit of furniture (7) |
| RIOTGEAR | Kit for police officers when faced with crowd violence |
| SASHAY | When faced with fodder, crack army force may glide casually (6) |
| KNEES | Benders observed moving back when faced with king |
| SATIRE | How I stare when faced with such ridicule (6) |
| SEEKOUT | Look for decisive victory, do, when faced with judge |
| INDEXED | Emphatically accepting choice when provided with a list of subjects (7) |
