| BEATARETREAT | Be at a sanctuary when told to move back from the front (4,1,7) |
| EROS | God once worshiped with Aphrodite at a sanctuary on the north slope of the Acropolis |
| EBB | Move back from the seashore |
| DOGS | Canines sheltered at a sanctuary in Battersea until they're re-homed (4) |
| NOTFORTHEWORLD | Reply of man in front row told to move? |
| OFFICER | Military man back from the front conducts the election (9,7) |
| RETURNING | Military man back from the front conducts the election (9,7) |
| RETURNINGOFFICER | He's responsible for the Count, who's on his way back from the front? |
| PERFECT | A prefect had to move back a space. That's ideal (7) |
| ASTERN | A forbidding way to move back at sea (6) |
| TABERNACLE | In the Bible, the portable tent used by the Israelites as a sanctuary for the Ark of the Covenant (10) |
| RETREAT | From the Latin meaning "pull back", a withdrawal of troops before enemies; a sunset bugle signal; or, a sanctuary for quiet contemplation, refuge, relaxation or solitude (7) |
| WITHDRAWN | Private pulled back from the front? |
| NURSE | Hospital worker managed to move back to Southeast (5) |
| UNFROCK | Take away priest's power to move back and forth at end of organised fun (7) |
| OO | Black Sabbath rocker poised to move back to U.K.; initials (2) |
| REVERSE | It's the opposite way to move back (7) |
| ASTA | Character in a 1934 film who does nothing when told to lie down and sits when told to stand up |
| SCRAMBLE | Get along somehow when told to take off at once. It could be a trial (8) |
| EPIDAUROS | Ancient Greek city on the Argolid coast and home to a sanctuary that is now a Unesco World Heritage Site, named after the son of Apollo (9) |
