| DEADASADOORNAIL | A tragic love in Deck 1, kidnapped by Scottish fiend, with no hope of revival (4,2,1,8) |
| IMPRUDENCE | Losing one's head, as once following fiend with no manners (10) |
| FATALLY | Lay flat out with no hope of revival (7) |
| UNDERTAKING | Business offering no hope of revival? |
| OUTOFTHERUNNING | With no hope of victory, like a banned athlete? (3,2,3,7) |
| BEYONDRECALL | (Gone) with no hope of recovery |
| LIFER | One with no hope of getting out |
| DEFEATIST | One with no hope of French act winning (9) |
| FOOLSERRAND | Task with no hope of success (5,6) |
| SWANLAKE | The tragic love story of Odette and Siegfried is told in this Tchaikovsky classical ballet (4,4) |
| AFGHANI | Neighbour's good husband held by a fiend with knife at Centre (7) |
| CONGAING | Dancing, one kidnapped by band of criminals? (8) |
| SOPHISTICATION | One kidnapped by sociopath isn't treated with style (14) |
| NERD | One with no hope in a popularity contest |
| ADORN | Deck one out with a party the Navy has to follow (5) |
| ANTIHERO | One kidnapped by another monstrous villain |
| RATIONAL | Sensible one kidnapped by despicable person, arranged loan (8) |
| PLAGIARIST | Get behind one kidnapped by perverted rapist and thief (10) |
| NOWINSITUATION | Presently in position that offers no hope of success (2,3,9) |
| PHENOMENON | A thing men finally repeated, with no hope (10) |
