| RESIGNS | Gives up making a small entry in the rules |
| SWEEP | ... and it's odds on, with a small entry, to clean things up (5) |
| PUNT | A flat-bottomed boat; a bet; or, first recorded in the rules of football at Rugby School in 1845, a long kick (4) |
| ETHIC | Banquet hiccupping included in the rules of conduct (5) |
| STEW | Wimps doing stand-up, making a hash of it (4) |
| SOP | Therefore finish up making a peace offering (3) |
| MANTIS | Chap has to sit up, making a prayer, apparently (6) |
| WINDSOR | Coils half of rope up, making a knot |
| STRINGORCHESTRA | Its players finishing up making a packet? (6,9) |
| IMBROGLIO | One cat laps British fuel up, making a mess (9) |
| LUNGE | Essentially, large gnu leaps up, making a sudden move towards them |
| BEL | Halle Berry essentially turned up making a bit of noise (3) |
| STOP | Give up making pots (4) |
| WAIVE | Give up making hand signal we hear (5) |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | Give up making request for them to include dryer, perhaps |
| AWL | Used for making a small hole in the trawler (3) |
| HABITUES | Regulars making a small section in the Colours (8) |
| DRESDEN | Dread on making a small and hollow cadre back a city |
| MIV | Year in the rule of Ethelred the Unready |
| SPRINT | Run, making a small footmark (6) |
