| UNROLL | Dismantle the joint, perhaps, and go straight |
| ABETTED | Cased the joint, perhaps |
| FOLLOWONESNOSE | Keep behind bridge and go straight on |
| TURNTHECORNER | Improve and go straight again (4,3,6) |
| UNRIG | Dismantle the shrouds and stays |
| TESTMATCHES | Dismantle the masts etc for the cricket events (4,7) |
| TOOLS | "The master's ___ will never dismantle the master's house": Audre Lorde |
| AUDRE | Lorde who said "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house" |
| LORDE | "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" author Audre |
| AUDRELORDE | Author of "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" |
| GUT | Dismantle the interior of |
| ORBITS | Takes a left out of Bristol, perhaps, and goes round... and round... and round (6) |
| LOSEONESHEAD | Mislay ring, perhaps, and go right out of control |
| RECEDE | Give up again, perhaps, and go back (6) |
| DOTIME | See me do it, perhaps and go to prison (2,4) |
| OVERSTEPTHEMARK | Bowl a no-ball perhaps and go too far (8,3,4) |
| BALLOONHAT | It gets inflated and goes straight to your head |
| PENETRATES | A pet enters perhaps, and goes right in (10) |
| MISPLACE | Lose it and put someone's nose out of joint perhaps (8) |
| BEEF | Insect's initially flexible joint, perhaps |