| 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) |
| FOOTNOTE | Sound played with the toe? It did say to, at the bottom of the page! (8) |
| REPEATED | Again said how one had an aftertaste as it did (8) |
| SPRINKLE | When it rains lightly, what does it do (8) |
| BROWSERS | Chrome etc with a lot of rust on Sierras, oddly (8) |
| REVERSAL | Odd bits of rust appearing in display switch (8) |
| CONDENSE | Shorten it, do, stupid! (8) |
| OCCIDENT | Producer of rust, say, in Europe and America |
| ARTERIAL | Main channel's receiver concealing coating of rust |
| ACIDRAIN | Dangerous precipitation - would it do for a sewer in Guernsey? |
| DREAMS | The last part of nightmares do initially distort them. (6) |
| PASIPHAE | This moon was first identified by Philibert Jacques Melotte in 1908, though it did not receive its present name until 1975, when it was named for the mother of the Minotaur (8) |
| 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) |
