| MEANT | Intended poor end to act (5) |
| AUBADE | A poor end to perform-ance after classy Here Comes the Sun? (6) |
| EXPLORE | Formerly, had to record over an alternative, at the end, to act as a prospector (7) |
| TOTS | Use a wee bairn, at the end, to act as a carrier (4) |
| STREW | Distribute casserole around poor end (5) |
| NEDKELLY | Poor end with Gene, say, for Australian outlaw (3,5) |
| ANTICLIMAX | Recalibrate tax claim in poor end? (10) |
| REACT | To act in response to another person or stimulus (5) |
| IMPEL | To urge or force someone to act, motivate (5) |
| CADET | Ed had to act to be at his younger son's turnout (5) |
| STAGE | To get to act on a platform needs some of the best agents (5) |
| DUCAT | Almost due to act anew to get a bit of money (5) |
| TENCH | Surviving oxygen-deficient water and lying dormant in pond/lake mud in the winter, a slimy cyprinid said to act as a "doctor" to other fish (5) |
| SCOPE | A second officer, at the end, had an opportunity to act (5) |
| REEVE | Is about to get the first lady to act as a steward in the past (5) |
| PROXY | Person authorised to act on behalf of another (5) |
| INERT | Disinclined to act in liner tragedy (5) |
| ONSET | Prepared to act? Start (5) |
| LONER | One preferring to act individually (5) |
| CREDO | About to act over principles (5) |
