| DUMPS | Down in the - means unhappy |
| BLUEBLOOD | Noble descent means unhappy temperament (4,5) |
| MALTHUSIANISM | Theory that increases in population tend to exceed increases in the means of subsistence and that therefore the population should be limited |
| OFFING | In the - means likely to happen soon |
| ASSEMBLYLINE | Meeting place with bar for those engaged in The Means of Production (8,4) |
| BUS | Vehicle that hits Regina George at the end of the song "I'd Rather Be Me," in the "Mean Girls" remake |
| ANON | Soon to appear in The Mean One |
| INTER | Alia's lead in the mean time |
| RAPP | Rene who starred in the "Mean Girls" musical |
| RENEERAPP | Singer-songwriter who starred in the Mean Girls musical |
| MUTUALIST | Did I oppose conversion to bank? In the mean time, Nautilus got topped and wrecked (9) |
| RICE | She's playing Cady Heron in the Mean Girls musical reboot (8,4) |
| ANGOURIE | She's playing Cady Heron in the Mean Girls musical reboot (8,4) |
| CHURCHWEDDING | Could be the means to a marriage of convenience for those joining union in the presence of the Father of the Chapel (6,7) |
| RESTRAINT | Check, in the break, the means of transport (9) |
| ENDS | What, in the saying, are supposed to justify the means |
| SOHO | John Snow's study of an outbreak of cholera in this London West End area led to the discovery that water supplies were the means of spreading this disease |
| OILRIG | Is the soil right? You may find the means of raising a fortune in it! (3,3) |
| SALVATION | At the oval, dressed in satin, we await the means of being saved (9) |
| EUREKA | From "I have found", Archimedes' legendary triumphant cry on discovering the means of determining by specific gravity the proportion of base metal in Hiero's golden crown, hence a word for a brilliant |
