| DAYOF | Agony for Dickens, almost broke when ultimate account's due (3,2,9) |
| CALENDAR | Word for a book of accounts due on the first day of a Roman month originally, later an almanac, chart, diary or other system of divisions of the year (8) |
| ENDGAME | Kill grouse etc, when ultimate strategy comes into play |
| BILLOWING | Account due for payment is swelling out (9) |
| SPINSTERDOCTOR | Physician for Dickens' Miss Havisham? |
| ONTHEBRINK | Almost becoming broke when left replaces right |
| GOYA | Suffering nameless agony for his art? (4) |
| ONTHERACK | In agony for quite a stretch? (2,3,4) |
| WRITHE | "Are in agony for about an hour," you tell the readers |
| DRAGON | Fierce cause of much agony for a doctor |
| WRITERSCRAMP | Crisp term, raw agony for author's affliction (7,5) |
| TORTURE | It's agony for the poor tutor again |
| DEERSKIN | Almost broke, with expensive-sounding material for jacket |
| WEALTHY | Law they broke when rich (7) |
| INITIAL | First the nail broke when I hammered it in (7) |
| SHATTERED | Got broke when he played darts with an alien! (9) |
| PAROCHIAL | Narrow chair pal broke when carrying round (9) |
| SECRETARY | Confidence Ray broke when a minister, perhaps (9) |
| DOWNANDOUT | Broke when emerging from lift at ground floor! (4,3,3) |
| WALKWAY | Law Kay broke when circling western path (7) |