| FEARTHEWORST | Be pessimistic about weather - frost is widespread (4,3,5) |
| FEARTHE | (and 6 Across) Don't have high expectations of awful weather, frost (4,3,5) |
| THUNDERSTORM | Modern truths about weather feature (12) |
| STOCKMARKETS | Places where speculation is widespread? (5,7) |
| ATWORST | To be pessimistic, a couple have to relax, after losing energy |
| ATTHEWORST | Matthew or Stan: one outstanding chap must go, to be pessimistic |
| WORST | Fear the ___; be pessimistic |
| RIFE | Uncertainty about cases is widespread (4) |
| BEARISH | Pessimistic about Wall Street |
| HOPELESS | Pessimistic about exercise in spaceship (8) |
| DOWNON | Pessimistic about godfather getting personal (4,2) |
| SEPOY | Soldier returns from Tokyo pessimistic about future. (5) |
| NEGATIVE | Pessimistic about photograph (8) |
| ASSUMETHEWORST | Feel pessimistic about Sue, Matthew and Ross? (6,3,5) |
| RILEY | "When the Frost is on the Punkin" poet |
| FLORISTS | Retailers for whom frost is disastrous around the end of April (8) |
| JUSTICE | The mere result of frost is only fair (7) |
| EMIR | Backing Frost is Arab ruler (4) |
| PRIMEUR | Early season almost perfect, but frost is penetrating |
| NOVICE | Rookie of the Month, Frost is (6) |