| HEXING | Bringing misfortune to the topless ten, last thing |
| BACILLI | Germs in second-rate air-conditioning bringing misfortune to island (7) |
| OPULENT | It's open to the topless sect and the wealthy (7) |
| MONTPELLIER | They beat Castres 29-10 last year to win their first Top 14 title (11) |
| CHILLS | They bring work to doctors, misfortune to the church |
| INCIDENTAL | Subordinate in police dept to go on hire, topless (10) |
| UNHAPPY | A Parisian carefree but bringing misfortune (7) |
| UNLUCKY | Bringing misfortune |
| INCOHERENT | Rambling around Corinth, seen topless (10) |
| SHAMEFACED | Penitent, insincere and damaged, going topless (10) |
| CAMEACROPPER | Had the misfortune to lose second tripod from camera on one of those working in The Field (4,1,7) |
| RUNOFBADLUCK | The gambler's ongoing misfortune to seek a seat has nothing to do with female having no chance (3,2,3,4) |
| PAILLASSE | A misfortune to be confined to old-fashioned straw bed |
| ACCIDENT | Crack up, having had the misfortune to be in a collision (8) |
| ADVERSITY | I have the misfortune to save one so dirty (9) |
| UNIFORM | All the same it would be a terrible misfortune to lose set |
| ENJOIN | Lay upon one of the topless people to enlist (6) |
| HOPEDIAMOND | Since it was mined in 17th-century India, this cursed gem is said to bring misfortune to anyone who owns it |
| MOTIF | Misfortune to lose nurse by design (5) |
| DISTRESS | Misfortune to remove lock? (8) |
