| OBEDIENCE | Previously covering bunk, that is doing what we're told (9) |
| IDLE | Germany left inside; that is doing nothing (4) |
| BOOKIE | Reserve that is doing all his work on the pitch, of course? (6) |
| TWADDLE | Bunk that top women turn (7) |
| TOP | Bunk that may require a ladder |
| ABSOLVING | Forgiving sailor doing what you're doing! (9) |
| BESETTING | Be doing what Puck's done? That would be troublesome! (9) |
| EFFICIENT | Effective in doing what is required (9) |
| ENTERING | When one is going in, one is doing what (8) |
| BEHAVING | Acting in a way is doing what you're told (8) |
| TRADING | When one is buying and selling, one is doing what (7) |
| COPING | When one is dealing effectively with a situation, one is doing what (6) |
| AGEING | When one is becoming old, one is doing what (6) |
| EXHALING | When one is breathing out, one is doing what (8) |
| CHAIRING | When one is presiding over a meeting, one is doing what (8) |
| ETCHING | When one is engraving metals etc, one is doing what (7) |
| CATERING | When one is providing food and service, one is doing what |
| ANGLING | When one is fishing, one is doing what (7) |
| ABSEILING | Sailor doing what he does, say, having a climb-down (9) |
| DONETHING | Then forced into doing what is right (4,5) |
