| TOOTHLESS | An edentate description of an old hag, no longer powerful (9) |
| ARCHAIC | Description of an old-fashioned word that is no longer in everyday use, though sometimes used to convey a flavour of antiquity (7) |
| SPENTFORCE | Laid out money on police who were no longer powerful (5,5) |
| HOOLIGAN | Thug giving hag no oil, possibly (8) |
| ARMADILLO | An edentate needs moral laid out for it (9) |
| TENORCLEF | Musical character left cycling round upset old hag (5,4) |
| VERSATILE | Description of an adaptable fellow or lady who can "turn" his or her hand to many things, or of an item, such as a Swiss army knife, prized for the many functions it brings (9) |
| OVENPROOF | Description of an item of cookware that is able to withstand high temperatures (9) |
| HIDEBOUND | Stiff description of an animal's internals? (9) |
| EPHEMERAL | In zoology, description of an insect that lives for only one day (9) |
| NOSTRINGS | Unconditional description of an unworkable marionette (2,7) |
| INSERVICE | Double description of an army valet? (2,7) |
| READYMADE | Description of an item created at standard size (5,4) |
| XENARTHRA | American edentates cross ground near hart |
| ARM | Word meaning "weapon" or "equip with weapons" that is found in the name of an edentate with a panoply or carapace called an osteoderm (3) |
| SLOTH | The laziness of an edentate (5) |
| OGHAM | Old hag damaged front of monument showing an ancient alphabet (5) |
| AGING | Getting old, like some old hag in good time (5) |
| TWITCH | Odd tic in heart of catty old hag (6) |
| CRONES | Obviously more than one old hag (6) |
