| INDOLENT | Don't get in the line if you're so sluggish (8) |
| BROSNAN | Actor who delivered the line "If you're Q, does that make him R?" |
| TORPID | So sluggish that you drop it like that? (6) |
| TARDY | Drat! Why must you be so sluggish? (5) |
| BOY | With 10 Across, Carly Rae Jepsen song with the line, "If you're gonna stay then stay, he's not gonna change anyway" |
| WCFIELDS | Comedian who delivered the line, "If a thing is worth having, it's worth cheating for," in "My Little Chickadee" |
| HILLSIDE | Where the supporters gather to support Dublin and Kerry - that could be on the pitch if you're so inclined? (8) |
| UNDERDOG | You must learn to run and dodge if you're so likely to be beaten (8) |
| WILLIAMS | Layton, actor who has been named in the line-up for Strictly Come Dancing in 2023 (8) |
| WOODPILE | Wide pool out of place in The Line of Fire (8) |
| SMUGGLER | He tries to avoid anything in the line of duty (8) |
| ANCESTOR | He's ahead of you in the line (8) |
| ORSINO | Duke of Illyria in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, who spoke the line "if music be the food of Love play on" (6) |
| CANDIDE | Source of the line "If this is the best of all possible worlds, what are the others?" |
| EMPERORS | Followers in the line of Augustus |
| TOPORDER | Best batsmen in the line-up (3,5) |
| IDLENESS | Indolence in the lines Des was able to correct (8) |
| TAKEN | 2008 movie with the line "If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it" |
| NASH | Author of the line: "If called by a panther, don't anther" |
| NAIR | Their ads once featured the line "If you dare wear short shorts" |
