| UNEMPLOYMENT | Union men back plan meant to avoid a labour problem (12) |
| THEEUMINIDES | Side involved in supporting the union men are tragic figures (3,9) |
| HEEHAW | Beastly noise made by a pair of men back to back with a cow's tail (6) |
| ROADROLLER | Men back a more amusing machine to smooth the way (10) |
| BICEPS | Back plan to attend one bar's opening - I bend the elbow |
| DIPLOMAT | Papers back plan to nail mother, one in embassy (8) |
| AMIABILITY | Back plan to expand talent and charm (10) |
| SPAM | On way back, plans to get something to eat |
| BUNKUM | Union men originally supporting place to drop off rubbish |
| TRANSMIT | Send the two men back to capture the Poles (8) |
| ENMESHES | She's following drunken men back to the traps (8) |
| AGONISED | Back plan's no good - upsetting and painful (8) |
| MOLE | A breakwater; a spy; a mammal, known collectively as a labour, with a dark-taupe coat of velvet-like fur; or, a chilli-and-chocolate sauce (4) |
| CLOSEDSHOP | Non-union men are out of it ___ the store is shut (6,4) |
| NONIMMUNE | Possibly risking infection, Mike goes among sick union men (3-6) |
| BROTHERS | The monks may be union men (8) |
| ALUMNI | Former students, almost all Union men, gutted by one |
| COLUMNED | Inhospitable housing union men built with pillars (8) |
| ANIDEALHUSBAND | Play one of those perfect union men (2,5,7) |
| JOINTLY | How union men may go into business (7) |
