| PROMETHEUS | I stole fire for myself, thereby acquiring energy |
| CAREER | One looking after acquiring energy for race |
| ABOOK | "Going to China, or maybe Siam; I wanna see for myself; Those faraway places I've been reading about; In ..., that I took, from the shelf" (1,4) |
| BOHEMIA | Country of old with border I stole around |
| PISTOL | Weapon from gunshop I stole |
| ISLE | Offshore spot I stole away to (4) |
| STGEORGE | It's small time stuff, acquiring energy, for one taking out a fiery creature (2,6) |
| SEEMLY | Proper cunning, acquiring energy and space (6) |
| MEANS | Bloke's acquiring energy and wealth (5) |
| INTHEKNOW | Think about acquiring energy, immediately aware (2,3,4) |
| IMPEL | Move to limp off when acquiring energy (5) |
| TESTIFIED | Stated diets fit new arrangement, acquiring energy (9) |
| REIMS | City borders acquiring energy (5) |
| CEASE | Stop affair acquiring energy |
| HITECH | Difficulty acquiring energy using such advanced means |
| FEAST | Banquet quickly acquiring energy |
| FIFTYMISSIONCAP | "___-___ ___": Tragically Hip tune with the line "I stole this from a hockey card..." |
| LINOTILES | After love setback I stole freely - no getting cold feet on these (4,5) |
| INITIAL | I fool Self to get a line and H for myself! |
| PERSONALLY | For myself, I'm through with boyfriend (10) |
