| BUDDHIST | Believer died twice in bus hit badly |
| HARDDISK | Computer facility died twice - one's called in to listen |
| THIRTIES | Decade hit badly, then tries to rebuild (8) |
| LIGHTEST | Least heavy ball ultimately gets hit badly (8) |
| DONEWITH | Perform fresh hit badly to be of no further interest (4,4) |
| ENCROACH | Intrude, initially encountering natural resistance in bus (8) |
| MIDNIGHTOIL | Dim log-in hit badly by work-late fuel (8,3) |
| OSMAN | Richard ___, TV presenter and author of The Man Who Died Twice (5) |
| LAZARUS | American supporting largely indolent Australian, perhaps reading The Man Who Died Twice |
| OS | The Man Who Died Twice is the latest novel by this TV presenter and author. (5) |
| TIGHTEN | Pull in when gent gets hit badly (7) |
| ILLHEALTH | Poor state of Alabama in hell hit badly (3,6) |
| INTHECLEAR | Cleaner hit badly is no longer in danger (2,3,5) |
| ISAWTHREE | and 32d Was hit badly - perishes in agony (1,3,5,5) |
| SHIPS | Was hit badly -perishes in agony (1,3,5,5) |
| RHAETIA | Area hit badly in old province (7) |
| THIS | Hit badly by recessions - in the end, a near thing! (4) |
| BRONCHITIS | American horse is hit badly resulting in disease |
| UNTILTHEN | In the meantime, tunnel hit badly (5,4) |
| MEANBUSINESS | Sees man in bus (anag) - be in earnest (4,8) |
