| PROBE | At leaving a trial of will to investigate the wound (5) |
| HABIT | Ordinary behaviour at leaving a particular environment (5) |
| PROBATE | Pater, old boy, was subjected to a trial of will (7) |
| OPHELIA | Shattered hope and returning trouble robbed her of will to live (7) |
| TESTAMENT | Meant, perhaps, to follow trial of will? (9) |
| TESTS | A trial of something to see if or how it works (5) |
| BATHE | He gets after a cricketer to wash the wound (5) |
| GEESE | Birds to see turning in gate at leaving (5) |
| DRESS | Bandage the wound and prepare the poultry (5) |
| COCOA | Hints at leaving coach station for hot drink (5) |
| FROTH | Bubbles on top for changing that, at leaving (5) |
| PATCH | Dress the wounds of a dog? (5) |
| ORION | Stars at leaving speech (5) |
| VOYAGER | Carrying the Golden Record intended as a greeting to extraterrestrial life should it be encountered, either of two space probes launched in 1977 to investigate the outer planets (7) |
| HEALS | Makes better, ... the wound |
| WARREN | Chairman of the 1963 commission set up to investigate the death of US President John F Kennedy |
| CORTES | Spanish conquistador sent by Velazquez to investigate the wealthy realm of the Aztecs (6) |
| THUD | Noise that might lead you to investigate the basement, in a horror movie |
| PURSUETHEMATTER | Thus temperature wavers. Continue to investigate the situation (6,3,6) |
| MAIGRET | Simenon's one to investigate the ragtime creation (7) |
