| FEARTHEWORST | Don't want this to happen but it will worry the devil (4,3,5) |
| FLUKE | Infection of Kildare wasn't meant to happen but it did (5) |
| WARMUP | You'd expect this to happen in 17 down before going on to the pitch (4,2) |
| WATERSOLDIER | Marine or freshwater plant to worry the least worried (5,7) |
| TOERRISHUMAN | Mistakes happen, but most hear ruin as catastrophe (2,3,2,5) |
| DIPLOMALINDA | "Hey Ronstadt, you want this sheepskin?" |
| ACCIDENT | It wasn't meant to happen, but I'd got in the grave (8) |
| ACCIDENTPRONE | Mishap inclined to happen, but far too often (8-5) |
| NAY | "I don't want this bill to become law!" |
| AGIRLCANDREAM | "It might never happen . . . but it's fun to fantasize" |
| AGONISE | Ian goes out but will worry about it (7) |
| DOOFUS | I hear you will worry about the idiot ... (6) |
| BURMESE | Rub the wrong way and seem to worry the cat |
| HARRIER | Just the aircraft to worry the enemy (7) |
| BROOD | The family will worry (5) |
| NEVERMIND | Don't worry, the vermin in the end got exterminated |
| RESTASSURED | No need to worry; the holiday is definitely on (4,7) |
| STILETTO | Lest I worry the tot by brandishing the dagger (8) |
| WORSETHINGSHAPPENATSEA | Don't worry, the army's safer than the navy? |
| STEW | Worry the fuss pot at last starts to envy wealth (4) |
