| DROPSICAL | Falls in canal, unfortunately! Ann's taken out all bloated with water |
| TOLERANCE | Capacity to endure hardship with no treacle, unfortunately! (9) |
| FATHER | Dad's in the RAF, unfortunately! (6) |
| TONSIL | It's passionate kissing, only it chokes, unfortunately! (6,6) |
| MAGNETISM | Big attraction of publication isn't me unfortunately! (9) |
| MORTALSIN | Terrible wrongdoing? It's normal, unfortunately! (6,3) |
| PALINDROMICAL | Description of Anna, Eve, Bob, Otto, Viv and Carol - plain dim, unfortunately! |
| SHANNON | Sh! Ann is on an Irish river (7) |
| REIMBURSE | Repay bruiser -- me? Unfortunately! (9) |
| EMERITUS | Retired? Semi-true, unfortunately! (8) |
| NARCEINE | A number used without care, unfortunately! |
| EMU | Australian bird starts on expensive merlot, unfortunately! |
| ENCOMIA | Accolades? I'm no ace, unfortunately! |
| SUZHOU | No English in canal site hospital or in French place on Grand Canal |
| PANORAMA | View in all directions or in canal country (8) |
| EARWAX | Build-up in canal for Polish listener to begin with (6) |
| PORTSAID | Rejected swim with old rats rotting in canal by here |
| LACUNA | Turn in canal with difficulty? There's space here (6) |
| FINANCIAL | In canal, if desperately concerned with money (9) |
| GATES | They control water flow in canal locks (5) |
