| CHIDED | Lie low in the Civil Defence, but told off (6) |
| HIDE | Lie low in the said park (4) |
| BODYOF | Void boy defence but the rest is allowed in the movie (4,2,8) |
| EVIDENCE | Void boy defence but the rest is allowed in the movie (4,2,8) |
| HADRIANSWALL | Solid defence, but in all wars had to struggle |
| RELIED | Trusted but told untruths again (6) |
| LIED | Enlisted, sent out but told fibs (4) |
| ALLOTTED | Given a certain part, but told tale badly (8) |
| POUFFE | Lying low in the drawing room, the original detective writer embraces paramilitary group (6) |
| SMOOTH | Soft at the edges, low in the middle, hard and flat (6) |
| ACCORD | Men in Civil Defence backing current agreement (6) |
| CEASED | Finished relaxation in Civil Defence (6) |
| HOLEUP | Left Europe in short flight to lie low (4,2) |
| COWER | In credit under an obligation to lie low in fear (5) |
| HLESUP | Lies low |
| ABSOLUTEZERO | Theoretically, the lowest of the low in the terribly cold state (8,4) |
| TIDE | The high and the low, in the main (4) |
| AIRRAIDWARDEN | Member of civil defence in World War II (3-4,6) |
| CROWD | The mob causing an outcry in Civil Defence (5) |
| GOTOGROUND | Be a spectator at the match, but lie low (2,2,6) |
