| CADDISH | Diamonds I'd turned into money, like a rotter (7) |
| ACRE | Old lyrics, "an ____ of diamonds I'd offer to you." |
| TRADITIONAL | Tango I'd turned into sensible routine |
| DISTRAIT | Absent-minded as the artist I'd turned into (8) |
| CADDISFLY | Husband quits like a rotter, knowing this can bite (6,3) |
| HEAL | One may sound like a rotter, but will get better (4) |
| DAMON | The diamond I'd left out for star Matt (5) |
| ROYALLY | Right blend of alloy for a piece of money (like a sovereign?) (7) |
| FUNGOID | Leave me in a pool of money like a mushroom |
| PAYLOAD | It's flown for money, like a rocket warhead (3-4) |
| CHEKHOV | Writer who once wrote, 'Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric' |
| SPLURGE | Spend money like water (7) |
| DIAGRAM | Sketch I'd turned upside down with a little weight (7) |
| DISTAFF | I'd turned to those working for firm on Mother's side (7) |
| DITHERY | Uncertain ID turned up on the railway |
| READILY | Needing no urging. I'd turned in early, shattered (7) |
| MODISTE | I'd turned up, clothed by greatest European dressmaker (7) |
| DISPOSE | I'd turned back to confuse the posse and get rid of (7) |
| PREDICT | Crept off when I'd turned in, as forecast (7) |
| RADIANT | Bright artist I'd turned up with worker (7) |