| SLOGANEER | Hard work never stopped a man spouting cliches |
| CEASED | Stopped a man going on to a new case (6) |
| MANSFIELD | Woman's work never done in this Notts town |
| BOO | Work never-ending? I don't like that! |
| NOREST | Saw the work never stops (2,4,3,3,6) |
| WICKED | Saw the work never stops (2,4,3,3,6) |
| FORTHE | Saw the work never stops (2,4,3,3,6) |
| PAVESTHEWAY | "We never stopped talking, and that always ___ for understanding..." |
| ASSEVERATE | Declare numbskull never stopped eating (10) |
| EXPRESS | Former newspaper, one that never stopped (7) |
| ILSA | She never stopped loving Rick |
| SHOTINTHEARM | Stopped a bullet and got a boost (4,2,3,3) |
| STALLED | Stopped a good man breaking the ladle (7) |
| MACED | Stopped a mugger, in a way |
| ARRESTED | Stopped a run and had a breather (8) |
| AOSCOTT | Film critic who wrote, "A boxing movie without cliches is like a political campaign without lies" |
| FASCICLE | Bunch of footballers ___ hard to abandon stupid cliches (8) |
| ABORTED | Stopped a take-off |
| PEDAL | In one's depression it could have stopped a lorry (5) |
| QUEUEDUP | Stopped (a vehicle) (6,2) |
