| OLDSCORE | A thing you want to settle, like a bad cold sore (3,5) |
| PAYCASH | Chap say, being broke, has to settle like this? |
| FLU | Illness like a bad cold (3) |
| STREAMING | Receiving data, like a bad cold (9) |
| SEAT | Settle, like a lot of water on the tee (4) |
| REPAY | Settle, like a debt |
| TODOLIST | Itemised summary of things you want to achieve (2-2,4) |
| STREAMER | The master went out and caught, again, a bad cold (8) |
| ACCOLADE | Honour for expert who's caught a bad cold |
| CHICKENS | Proverb suggesting you shouldn't assume you'll get the things you want until you have them (2,3,5,4,8,6,4,3,7) |
| PLANTAIN | Green growth very good? The last thing you want on lawn! (8) |
| DANDRUFF | Last thing you want in head and on collar? (8) |
| WISHLIST | All the things you want |
| CENSORED | Cold sore, within reason, is cut out (8) |
| PERORATION | Holes allowing foot to slip out? It's the last thing you want to hear |
| ICOULDBEMISTAKEN | Last thing you want to hear from an ICBM expert? |
| READMYFOREHEAD | Last thing you want to hear your kid say after he's gotten his first tattoo? |
| SATSUMA | Fruit: a thing you have to try, returning to chase after it (7) |
| CRANK | He's crotchety and has a bad cold in the head (5) |
| AIMS | Things you want to do |