| ECONOMISTS | "If all ___ were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion" (quip attributed to Shaw) |
| IHAVE | Start of a quip attributed to British comedian Ken Dodd |
| UNDERDEVELOP | Not reach a full state of growth |
| BENT | They would not work in slot machines and should not work in police stations (4,7) |
| COPPERS | They would not work in slot machines and should not work in police stations (4,7) |
| DISOBEDIENT | I'd employ ten bodies but they would not obey |
| BARROW | Where the dead were laid to keep out the noise (6) |
| MINED | Take care of hearing when explosives were laid (5) |
| SOWHAT | The price of fish would be more relevant to Shaw in play! (2,4) |
| PYGMALION | Professor Henry Higgins, to Shaw |
| MISTRAL | When jury is not able to reach a conclusion, one is thrown to the wind! (7) |
| ORIEL | A type of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground (5) |
| EMERGENCE | When a crisis failed to finish, at the end, they made an appearance (9) |
| RERUN | Is about to manage a second try to reach a conclusion (5) |
| TEACHERSPETS | They take advantage of class prejudice in principle, say, as in the end they're treated like cats an |
| EMERYBOARD | File created by comic Dick when at a loose end, they say (5,5) |
| NARCOTICS | Ran back to bed, I see, with sedatives - in the end they can be addictive |
| ENDLESS | Not able to reach a conclusion (7) |
| ALL | And 19Ac. & 9Ac. How far one goes to reach a conclusion (3,3,3) |
| ONTHEWRONGTRACK | Unlikely to reach a conclusion after missing points? |
