| MISSOUT | Don't include the girl away from home (4,3) |
| MISS | Don't include the girl (4) |
| NEARED | Came close to taking girl away from ringleader (6) |
| HOTUP | Become more active in social, taking girl away from jerk (3,2) |
| PERSEPHONE | Girl away all winter essentially needs mobile |
| BENNETT | Haley _, actor whose films include The Girl on the Train and Hillbilly Elegy (7) |
| STATION | "Negotiators don't include Gore" - RTE (7) |
| EXCERPT | Don't include Rex in extract (7) |
| LEAVEOUT | Don't include the French avenue with means of escape (5,3) |
| OMIT | Don't include the beginnings of our material in time (4) |
| SKIP | Don't include the rubbish container (4) |
| ROONEYMARA | US actress whose films include The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Carol, Lion, The Secret Scripture and A Nightmare on Elm Street are films in which this US actress starred (6,4) |
| EMILYBLUNT | English actress whose films include The Girl on the Train, Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place |
| ECHO | Paris -; the most recent novel by Sebastian Faulks, author whose French trilogy includes The Girl at the Lion d'Or and Birdsong (4) |
| ADELE | Persuade Len to include the girl |
| ALAINDELON | French actor whose films include The Girl on a Motorcycle (5,5) |
| ONEIN | Liz Phair "Cause the next ___-a-million girl is a million girls away" |
| LEAVES | Travel agencies don't include catering for those types that fall in the autumn (6) |
| TEN | Number of movies in the "Fast & Furious" franchise if you don't include "Hobbs & Shaw," which is technically a spinoff |
| FIVESENSES | They don't include ESP |
