| COMPOSMENTIS | All there is beneath rotting vegetation will overwhelm people |
| UNDERSTUDIES | Part of the abbey's reserve is beneath where one learns (12) |
| RECREATIONAL | Like some drugs? All there is, in genuine wrapper |
| NONCOMPOSMENTIS | On going up Northern Front, soldiers hide in rotting vegetation - is crazy! (3,6,6) |
| COMPOSTHEAP | Oppose match being played around rotting vegetation (7,4) |
| BLUSH | Top bed, rich in vegetation, will change colour (5) |
| SCRUBBY | Covered in vegetation, will get a clean next (7) |
| DECOMPOSING | Ping some cod on to rotting vegetation! (11) |
| ASSESS | Confess essay, on reflection, will overwhelm judge |
| INUNDATE | Tuned in a contraption that will overwhelm (8) |
| MACHUPICCHU | Environmentalists fear that a new airport in Cuzco, slated to open in 2026, will overwhelm this historic attraction with hordes of visitors |
| VESTIGES | I give it all to Tess and this is all there is to show for it (8) |
| THAT | "Is ___ All There Is?" (Peggy Lee tune) |
| UNIVERSE | Poetry in the college magazines - is that all there is? |
| CITATION | Honourable mention - is that all there is for leaders caught by scam? (8) |
| OMNI | No, l'm meaning this is all there is |
| LEE | "Is That All There Is" singer |
| ATOM | All there is before N to Z is a tiny bit of physics (4) |
| UNDER | Because this is beneath oneself, don't think it's over! (5) |
| THEREUNDER | The display involving uranium is beneath that (10) |