| AFINEMESS | 1986 Blake Edwards comedy flop (aptly named, as it turned out) |
| MORTDECAI | Johnny Depp starred in this 2015 comedy flop (9) |
| ROACH | Andromache, not named as it happens, as a fish! (5) |
| MESS | '86 Blake Edwards comedy w/ T. Danson & H. Mandel, A Fine ____. |
| SOB | 1981 Blake Edwards comedy |
| AGREEING | Pat started going out with Ted from Pentridge at the end of June -- they had a good start together as it turned out they were having the same opinions on things (8) |
| AARONBIRTH | Momentous event in baseball history, as it turned out? |
| ENTHUSIAST | Buff for N. Shute as it turned out (10) |
| ASOLDASTHEHILLS | She sold hall as it turned out to be ancient (2,3,2,3,5) |
| INTHEEVENT | Coin the English pocketed, as it turned out |
| ALISTAIRMACLEAN | British author? All-American, as it turned out |
| APPEARED | As it turned out, primate ate fruit then died |
| HOLST | This composer, fortunately, as it turned out, wrote The Planets before the discovery of Pluto |
| ESTIMATION | Reckoning on time, as it turned out (10) |
| EXPELLED | Asked by mistress to leave as it turned out? (8) |
| UGLYDUCKLING | Signet reportedly incorrectly valued, as it turned out! (4,8) |
| ELEANOR | A queen - a real one, as it turned out (7) |
| STAINED | As it turned out, the back room was dirty (7) |
| VEEPS | Many future presidents, as it turned out |
| AIRLESS | Stuffy sister-in-law never had twin as it turned out |
