| ABOMINATE | Despise a failure (but not another 7, by the sound of it) |
| REASONS | "We have forty million - for failure, but not a single excuse": Rudyard Kipling (7) |
| RINTINTIN | Name for several canine film stars, mentioned in The Magnificent Seven by The Clash |
| PROTESTERS | They are supporting the examiners but not another thing (10) |
| NOONEELSE | In the afternoon, eels enclosed, but not another person (2-3,4) |
| CHATEAU | Despise a copper-clad country house (7) |
| LOATHE | Thoroughly despise a hotel complex (6) |
| BELLYFLOP | Stomach the failure, but it'll cause a splash (9) |
| BUMRAH | Player hold the record for the most maiden overs (7) by a fast bowler in IPL history.(Last Name) (6) |
| EXECUTE | Bring about 7 by way of punishment (7) |
| ANAEROBE | Organism not requiring oxygen a near failure. but gets royal award (8) |
| AREA | 49, for a 7-by-7 square |
| MURDER | Bring about 7 by way of crime (6) - |
| WASHOUT | Total failure, but thoroughly clean, say (7) |
| ETUI | Case ends in failure but you must have independence (4) |
| BEAUTIFUL | Pretty bad failure, but right to be brushed aside (9) |
| ORDINANCE | Set out to raid "7" by command (9) |
| RUMPELSTILTSKIN | 2, 21, 23, 3 and 13: 26 22 in 7 by 3? (15) |
| DUDES | Men are failures, but they have a point (5) |
| SNOWWHITE | She had seven by her side! (4,5) |
