| CLOSURE | Ending unfortunately so cruel |
| STUPID | Silly dispute never ending, unfortunately (6) |
| DEDICANT | Died unfortunately, so cannot be a devotee (8) |
| BANISH | Bash in unfortunately - so expel (6) |
| GOVERNINGBODIES | Leading Brexiteer Boris ending, unfortunately, ruling people (9,6) |
| NOSEDIVING | Love essentially is ending, unfortunately, sinking very fast (10) |
| CARPEDIEM | Little money invested in Medicare, unfortunately, so live for today! (5,4) |
| HABIT | "Winning is a ____. Unfortunately so is losing." (Vince Lombardi) |
| TANTPIS | Time in past, unfortunately so much the worse for a Parisian (4,3) |
| OBLITERATE | Aloe bitter, unfortunately, so get rid of it! (10) |
| CASINO | Unfortunately so, can I try my luck here? (6) |
| ENTHRONED | Installed as archbishop perhaps unfortunately then droned endlessly |
| GLOUCESTER | Get so cruel, wandering around city (10) |
| ALAS | "Fate is so cruel!" |
| UNMERCIFUL | A foreign maiden Lucifer destroyed, being so cruel |
| BRUTAL | It is beastly to be so cruel (6) |
| HEARTLESS | Boy getting so cruel gets by (9) |
| VICIOUS | Sid was so cruel! (7) |
| ALASKAN | Person in isolated state, unfortunately -- then another, briefly (7) |
| GRAVEYARDSLOT | Dreary TV a slog unfortunately - then few will watch! (9,4) |
