| CURATESEGG | Copper gets gear changed, some of it good and some of it bad? |
| AIL | Have it bad? |
| MOODS | Some are good and some are bad |
| MIXED | Some good and some bad, say |
| THIGH | Portion of chicken, I got rid of it. Bad (5) |
| PAWPAW | By the sound of it, bad, bad fruit |
| DACHA | Amanda changed some of the accommodation (5) |
| DROUGHT | Cape Town had it bad, now it has arrived in BCM. Farmers and city people hate it as it brings dust, crop failure and water restrictions. |
| ELLINGTON | Jazz composer of Mood Indigo and I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) |
| ASTRAL | Most of the past and some of the morals of the stars (6) |
| SWIMMINGCOSTUME | Dizzy etc with sumo wrestling, gets gear for a different sport |
| SSSSS | Sound of a slow leak, perhaps, and some of 46 in this puzzle (with 5A, 10A, 67A, 68A and 69A) |
| SSSS | Sound of a slow leak, perhaps, and some of 46 in this puzzle (with 5A, 10A, 67A, 68A and 69A) |
| BASIC | Like the instinct of bachelors and some of the police (5) |
| STAVES | Strips of wood used to make barrels and some of these vats turned up (6) |
| REDATED | Took out again and changed some numbers on (7) |
| IGOT | Duke Ellington's "___ It Bad and That Ain't Good" |
| ENTICE | Great niece gets gear off to lure (6) |
| HEGIRAS | His gear changed flights (7) |
| MOORAGE | Low gear changed for anchoring ship (7) |
