| EPOCHAL | Age-defining, cheap solution, having nothing left |
| APACHE | Tribe finds a cheap solution (6) |
| THEPENNYDROPS | Understanding dawns through such a cheap solution? (3,5,5) |
| BALLIOL | College graduate sick about having nothing left (7) |
| VIOLA | Pansy's through, having nothing left (5) |
| TALKEDOUT | Blocked bill, having nothing left to say |
| OLDIE | Magazine, having nothing left, beginning to fail |
| POLAR | Opposite and equal, having nothing left (5) |
| ALLRIGHT | Satisfactory, having nothing left? (3,5) |
| DWELLON | Thrive with having nothing left to go on about (5,2) |
| EDITOUT | Touted solution, having one to redact (4,3) |
| ANSWERABLE | Responsible for presenting solution, having the necessary skills |
| MOLASSES | What can be bittersweet: having nothing left with lots to go round? |
| EDGER | Border-defining gardening tool |
| TESTCASE | Defining moment in law (4,4) |
| ICONIC | One ellipse, maybe, as a defining shape (6) |
| LEAST | Lowest point, "bottom" defining it? (5) |
| TROPIC | Line defining hot zone (6) |
| CYNIC | "Mordancy" nicely defining one of her characteristics? (5) |
| PARAMETER | Factor defining limits (9) |
