| ROMPU | Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like. (5) |
| EVATE | Widened at the top, as an urn |
| STUNG | It hurt in the past that the peace, say, is broken at the end of the street (5) |
| STRIPE | An old word for a whip to the flesh with a scourge or lash; a band of colour; a banded cloth or pattern, such as that in the Breton or candy style; or, a chevron on a sleeve (6) |
| DOURO | Pass a bend or twist in the river (5) |
| ORGAN | Perhaps fin or tail of whiting are broken at the end (5) |
| BRAWL | Law broken at the end of brother's dispute (5) |
| CRUET | Truce broken at the dining table! (5) |
| HAMMY | Over-the-top, as acting |
| TENCH | What's clearly smelt with head cut off, or another fish |
| SWEAT | I can be broken at the gym |
| SWAG | A bend or bow; a burglar's bulging bag of booty or boodle; a beautifying botanical band or bays of berries, blooms, bracts or buds; or, a bushman's bedroll or bundle of belongings (4) |
| CHARGE | Heraldic device such as a chevron, cross, pale or saltire represented on a shield; a bugle call; accumulation of electricity; or, a headlong rush of cavalry troops (6) |
| COTISE | Firm set I fancy showing a heraldic band adjacent to an ordinary, such as a chevron (6) |
| SCALED | Tries to reach the top as a Libra should (6) |
| CRESTING | Reaching the top, as a wave |
| CRENELED | Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall |
| SURFACES | Comes to the top, as a diver |
| SCALES | Tries to reach the top as a Libra should |
| BITE | To grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth (4) |
