| BYNG | John, British admiral, found guilty of neglect of duty, having made the decision not to relieve Minorca in May 1756 (4) |
| CHOSETO | Consciously made the decision |
| REMISS | Guilty of neglect |
| NELSON | Admiral found in the hold (6) |
| RULED | Was in charge and made the decisions (5) |
| AFT | Initially admiral's found turning towards the stern |
| REQUIEM | Mozart died before completing his final work, appropriately a mourning piece, the ... Mass In D Mino |
| REGIS | Location of mino MPD with 72A code (4,5) |
| LYME | & 20 Across Location of mino MPD with 72A code (4,5) |
| ADMIRAL | Rank of the British navy's Byng, executed in the 18th century for neglect of duty or, as Voltaire put it, to encourage the others |
| ASIO | Abbreviation of the name of a civil order made against one found guilty of unfriendly or yobbish acts (4) |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
| STICKTOONESGUNS | Refuse to change one's decision not to disarm (5,2,4,4) |
| STOUTLY | Way in which to defend a decision not to slim? |
| HALLOFFAME | Walk the walk and talk the talk, having made the American Dream therein? (4,2,4) |
| CIVILFRAUD | What Donald Trump was found guilty of on February 16, 2024, and a cryptic hint to the shaded squares. |
| DERELICTION | Neglect (of duty) |
| NEGLIGENCE | Neglect of duty |
| SHORTCOMING | Neglect of duty by Curt on arrival (11) |
| OPTOUT | Decision not to take part in work with illegal seller (3-3) |
