| BUNGALOW | Accommodation in Cork, a depressed region? (8) |
| KALE | One of The Greens in Cork - a lefty? (4) |
| OLDMAID | Oscar is away with back doctor in Cork - a prim, fussy sort (3,4) |
| PIGMENT | Thousand dollars collected by people in depressed region for painting material (7) |
| DETRIMENT | Energy cut in depressed region, creating damage (9) |
| ARMPIT | Prepare miners for combat in depressed region |
| ADHERENT | Sticking the lady in a depressed area (8) |
| MARKDOWN | Note the position of Phillips, say, in a depressed state (4,4) |
| FLATMATE | Can a depressed friend still be easy to live with? (8) |
| PIPEDOWN | Noted horse trainer in a depressed state has to stop talking (4,4) |
| THIRTIES | Those people's heartless restrictions made for a depressed period |
| PASADENA | One writing article about a depressed US city |
| BLUEMOON | Rare occurrence of a depressed satellite (4,4) |
| ALOEVERA | Might this soothe a depressed-sounding woman? (4,4) |
| BOBBLE | Word for the oscillating motion of disturbed water or of a floating cork; a pill on the surface of cloth; a pompom for a woolly hat; a tie for a ponytail; or, a bungle, fluff, fudge or fumble (6) |
| DALMATIA | Mail a tad unreliable in coastal region? (8) |
| FARNORTH | A group of sailors stuck in river in sub-Arctic region? (3,5) |
| SEWERAGE | Mucky stuff in prosperous region? You and I get very cross (8) |
| LABRADOR | Item worn by Madonna in French Canadian region? (8) |
| HEBRIDES | Man with hens, possibly in Scottish region? (8) |
