| AWARDSCEREMONY | Down, as my career ruined the Oscars, perhaps (6,8) |
| LIMO | ride for the Oscars, perhaps |
| SNUB | Pointed disappointment at the Oscars, perhaps |
| CREAMER | Career ruined snorting initially magical white powder |
| MARRIAGELICENSE | Claiming career ruined by errors originally in partnership document (8,7) |
| RESEARCHER | As programme assistant her career's ruined (10) |
| STATUETTES | Acts collecting film Oscars, perhaps |
| SANCERRE | Career's ruined by swallowing bin-end wine (8) |
| SUPERPHOSPHATE | Chemical ruined the soup perhaps (14) |
| DEADMANWALKING | "So I'm going over there as a human shield -- or, as my friends call me, ___." |
| UNDERWOOD | Carrie who tweeted on Friday: "Rest in peace, Tony...It was truly a great honor of my career and of my life to get to share the stage with you" |
| TRACEYEMIN | As an artist I reenact my career (6,4) |
| CREAMERY | Sell products with clots here? It's ruined my career! |
| SCORCH | School is the setting for my career |
| EMBRACERY | As leader of bar, my career developed in criminal practice |
| IHAVENOTYETBEGUNTOFIT | 'My career as a tailor will start soon'? |
| MAE | West who said "Men are my life, diamonds are my career" |
| BITINGLY | "My career's gone nowhere since the Holyfield fight," grumbled Mike Tyson ___ |
| BRILLIANT | Miles Franklin novel of a young woman at the beginning 20th century, My ... Career |
| TATTERS | “Before this campaign started, it was said that I was facing political oblivion, my career in ____” (Peter Mandelson, after his 2001 re-election as MP for Hartlepool) |