| DOWNINTHEMOUTH | Sad having swallowed a chick, it seems? (4,2,3,5) |
| ACROBAT | A Dalmatian, perhaps, having swallowed a little Bonio, is agile figure (7) |
| GUARD | Perhaps speed will return, having swallowed a watch? (5) |
| FLABBY | Fat insect having swallowed a couple of bees, we hear |
| STATED | Said 'Full!' having swallowed a bit of tomato (6) |
| EARWIG | I grew worried having swallowed a small insect |
| HAPPEN | Take place, bird having swallowed a couple of pages (6) |
| GNAT | Energy gone from bloke having swallowed a fly (4) |
| WINCE | Be in pain, having swallowed a cold drink (5) |
| ADVOCAAT | Champion mostly having swallowed a liqueur |
| ASSENTED | It's sad having teens but you agreed to it! (8) |
| ESCAPADES | It's sad having peace in the South yet having to put up with such adventures (9) |
| CHIRP | Word that, for trivia lovers, is just the ticket, for its disparate meanings range from a South African taunt and pilot's confidential safety system to a cheerful note, a peep of a chick, a pipe of a |
| PEEP | A group of (young) chickens; a feeble sound of a chick; a secret glance; or, a slang word for an eye (4) |
| SODA | Sad, having no bubbly stuff (4) |
| WEEP | Seem sad, having very little cash (4) |
| DOLEFUL | Sad, having refused part in Barbie? |
| YELLOW | Cry, sad, having left common looking ill |
| MAIDS | I'm sad having to let the servants go (5) |
| DISPIRITED | Sad having been exorcised (10) |
