| MINCEMEAT | Aim to use cement to make one destroy something (9) |
| COGNOSCENTI | The knowing ones destroy Congo insect (11) |
| PLASTERER | One whose job is to apply a soft mixture of sand and cement to walls, etc. (9) |
| AGGREGATE | Any material mixed with cement to form concrete (9) |
| UNDERMINE | Weaken or destroy something, one's confidence, perhaps |
| TEARSUP | Puts ear to use as one destroys contract (5,2) |
| EATINTO | Take a bit to destroy something gradually (3,4) |
| BURNUP | To destroy something with fire or heat (4,2) |
| ERASE | To destroy something can take a long time, by the end (5) |
| INCINERATE | To destroy something, especially waste material, by burning (10) |
| AGGREGATED | Material mixed with cement to form concrete had shortly accumulated (10) |
| NIPINTHEBUD | From behind put in to destroy something at the very beginning (3,2,3,3) |
| BUD | Nip it in the ___ (destroy something in an early stage) |
| SLAY | Destroy something drawn in snow, we're told (4) |
| SHREDDER | Quiet, more left-wing one destroys paper (8) |
| VANDAL | One destroys or defaces property (6) |
| LAYWASTE | Completely destroy (something) |
| TEARS | Lamentations when one destroys (5) |
| DISCOMFIT | Diane's sweet to make one feel embarrassed (9) |
| DEPRESSED | Indeed the papers tend to make one, these days (9) |
