| BULLET | Addressed an unpleasant prospect previously avoided (3,3,6) |
| BITTHE | Addressed an unpleasant prospect previously avoided (3,3,6) |
| EYESORE | Organ lesion would be an unpleasant prospect |
| EPHESIANS | Inhabitants of an Greek city in Asia Minor to whom St. Paul addressed an epistle |
| TENNISRACKET | Sporting equipment (making an unpleasant noise at Wimbledon, perhaps?) (6,6) |
| FACETHEMUSIC | Brave an unpleasant situation, as conductors do (4,3,5) |
| STAB | A thrust with an epee, finger, foil etc; an attempt or try; an unpleasant pang; or, a single quick note or "hit" by a group of horns or a keyboard (4) |
| SOANDSO | An unpleasant person, but an unnamed one (2-3-2) |
| OLDBAG | Unpleasant term for an unpleasant elderly female (3,3) |
| NASTY | Unpleasant return of an unpleasant spot (5) |
| JAR | Have an unpleasant effect on |
| EUPHEMISM | Inoffensive term instead of an unpleasant one (9) |
| SHOCK | It's very hairy, an unpleasant surprise (5) |
| ASSUAGING | Making (an unpleasant feeling) less intense (9) |
| ODOR | Sulfur has an unpleasant one |
| SHYLOCK | Usury ultimately left an unpleasant feeling about a Shakespearean character |
| SANDMAN | Kinky sex: an unpleasant notion for kids? |
| HAG | An unpleasant old woman (3) |
| PIMP | Sanctimonious politician, an unpleasant type (4) |
| FACEDUPTOIT | Accepted an unpleasant fact, reality, etc (5,2,2,2) |
