| ANGUISH | After a bad start, wish aloud to end the pain! |
| RELINQUISH | Give up real ink? Wish aloud (10) |
| CAVEAT | The dog is no liability after a bad start (6) |
| BETRAYS | Informs on the struggling stayer after a bad start (7) |
| BISHOP | After a bad start, is half-hoping to see primate, perhaps |
| BEND | Bow at the finish, after a bad start |
| BADMINTON | Herb, after a bad start, is catching on to this game (9) |
| STUMBLINGBLOCKS | These had been a hindrance, but, finally, water's cascading down, after a bad start, through canal gates |
| BEHAVIOUR | After a bad start, I have our disorderly conduct under control (9) |
| ABLAZE | Burning with fresh zeal after a bad start (6) |
| BLIGHT | After a bad start, minor crop infection (6) |
| BRUIN | Bear disaster after a bad start |
| LECTOR | A reader, whether to themselves or aloud to others |
| SOLILOQUY | Talking aloud to oneself regardless of hearers, as an actor in a play (9) |
| NEILYOUNG | Prepare to pray aloud to immature singer-songwriter (4,5) |
| TAIL | There's a story read aloud to follow (4) |
| TEASE | Reading the letters aloud to torment (5) |
| PAINE | Thomas ..., Thetford man whose Common Sense pamphlets were read aloud to American troops during the American Revolution (5) |
| STORYTIME | When to read aloud to kids |
| LYRE | One telling stories aloud, to its accompaniment? |
