| BETROTHS | Becomes engaged with speculation, then short-changed (8) |
| GUESSWORK | Have a go at what the men do with speculation (9) |
| DITHERY | Uncertain inspector with speculation excluding nothing |
| GIBBET | Large upset with speculation leading to the gallows (6) |
| ABSORBED | Sailor, to a great extent badly bred, becomes engaged (8) |
| ANNALIST | Ann becomes engaged to a lean historian (8) |
| OCCUPIED | Engaged with officer-in-charge, god of love, filled with energy (8) |
| PUREBRED | In which horses race endlessly, then short burst and it's all over, having just one race (8) |
| ATTACHED | Hurt after a sober type becomes engaged? |
| ALTEREGO | Ziggy Stardust possibly short-changed over advance |
| GREASIER | Eager to get engaged with "Sir", becoming more obsequious (8) |
| COGWHEEL | Cheat with scoundrel, one engaged with others in revolution |
| INCOMBAT | Engaged with the enemy |
| WADEINTO | Have no desire to hug heartless dame I get engaged with |
| STRAPPED | Goes back without penny, so short of cash (8) |
| REVERSAL | Turn around light device, so short inside (8) |
| CONCISAE | Cut off, so short and exact: sententiae ____ |
| IMPOLITE | I'm on top of stick crushing it, so short |
| GINSBERG | Poet’s singular book on drink, so short |
| AFFIANCE | Betroth, become engaged (8) |
