| FOOTSOLDIERS | The spear-carriers perhaps with half of those opening 14 across and all those in 24 across (4,8) |
| REDEEM | Buy back deer perhaps with half of them (6) |
| GATES | Those opening 14 and 18 across in the airport (5) |
| STRAIGHTTALK | Opening 14 across and most of 3 down produced candid conversation (8,4) |
| BOOT | Nearly all those in 24 down heading for Tauranga or Wellington (4) |
| JOEPUBLIC | ... and all those around him? (3,6) |
| SCAM | "___ Goddess" (Laci Mosley podcast "dedicated to fraud and all those who practice it") |
| TIMERS | They set off the explosive types opening 14 across and starting religious school (6) |
| UPDATE | Boxer loses the head with half of those in 25 across - is that correct? (6) |
| DEFEND | Guard is fed up with half of those in 8 down (6) |
| DOIT | Act now with half of those in 17 down (2,2) |
| LOSEONESCOOL | Get hot and bothered opening 14 across in the middle of 5 down with it? (4,3'1,4) |
| BOOKREVIEWER | Tends to be critical of half of those in 24 across having a job in the media (4,8) |
| MARMALADECAT | Preserve most of those opening 18 across for pet who has the look of Ginger? (9,3) |
| FOOTBALLTEAM | Opens 18 across at dance for most of 13 across and all the players (8,4) |
| GROUNDTROOPS | Those in 24 across for instance, pitch to those in the service industry (6,6) |
| SECRETBALLOT | Opening 14 across for leading backbencher to give out -Taoiseach would have no confidence in that sort of vote (6,6) |
| ITALIANBREAD | Most of those in 24 across take 20 down endlessly with Focaccia (7,5) |
| PREPAREAMEAL | Cook someone's goose by opening 14 across with a male model (7,1,4) |
| SELFEDUCATED | Thought out loud following those opening 18 across and learnt one's own lessons, of course (4-8) |
