| SOFTSPOKEN | Affable, not having any hard words? (4-6) |
| IRONY | Hard words of ridicule (5) |
| SYNONYMS | Church council finishing early with rousing hymns lacking hard words such as faith, religion and belief (8) |
| ABSTINENCE | Not having any money - what's heart-warming about that? (10) |
| ANGLOPHOBE | She hates the neighbours not having any time for the English (10) |
| PRESSAGENT | Put the hard word on a man - he's only after publicity! (5,5) |
| OUTOFSORTS | Irritable, no longer having any varieties |
| FREEFROMDEBT | Not having any outstanding commitments (4,4,4) |
| NOHOPE | Not having any chance of winning (2-4) |
| EYELESS | Not having any view, vote in favour, say? Not so (7) |
| NULL | Not having any legal force (4) |
| DEVOID | Not having any, I've odd way of showing it (6) |
| TAXFREE | Cab briefly available, not having any duties (3-4) |
| NOGOOD | Not having any sound is useless (2-4) |
| OUTOFTHERUNNING | Having left race not having any chance of success (3,2,3,7) |
| WITHTHENAKEDEYE | How something can be seen not having any assistance (4,3,5,3) |
| SHALLOT | Curtly announce that you're not having any more vegetable (7) |
| OVETT | He had a successful running career, mostly completed not having any shorts! (5) |
| NOHOPER | Poor hen struggled, one not having any chance of success (2-5) |
| ABSOLUTE | Complete, not having any restriction or qualification (8) |
