| GRIDLOCK | Gun full of rust, it did initially jam |
| PROP | Gun full of blanks, maybe |
| DASKAPITAL | Did initially request a piece of advice, turning up a large book |
| STATURE | Eat rust - it maintains your body height! (7) |
| DREAMS | The last part of nightmares do initially distort them. (6) |
| CUSTARD | Copper finds celebrity do initially topping (7) |
| SCULPT | What an artist might do, initially showing power in zealous group (6) |
| CHEVYCHASE | For unclear reasons, this "SNL" alum bailed on the May 2020 Zoom reunion episode of "Community"; it did, however, feature the funeral of his character (Pierce) |
| FLUKE | Infection of Kildare wasn't meant to happen but it did (5) |
| RIDDING | Getting shot of it, did get upset: telephone around (7) |
| EGGON | Provoke by saying "Do it, do it, do it!" |
| ROMANEMPIRE | Cassius Dio said it went "from a kingdom of gold to one of rust and iron" |
| IRON | It can get a crust of rust |
| GOTHITE | Oxide of iron which is a common constituent of rust (7) |
| SANJOSE | When Dionne Warwick asked the way to it, did she mean the capital of Costa Rica or the city in Calif |
| FOOTNOTE | Sound played with the toe? It did say to, at the bottom of the page! (8) |
| CHINESETAIPEI | Taiwan has won the LLWS 17 times; due to disputes with Beijing it plays under this name, as it did in the recent Tokyo Olympics |
| THETEMPTATIONOF | Come-on: devil knows it didn't succeed as it did with Eve... and that's gospel! (3,10,2,6) |
| CHRIST | Come-on: devil knows it didn't succeed as it did with Eve... and that's gospel! (3,10,2,6) |
| LIKE | "They don't think it be ___ it is, but it do" (Oscar Gamble quote) |
