| DEFOREST | Fell, fed up and sore about things at first (8) |
| SOMBRE | Sad and sore about maternity benefit (6) |
| THRASH | Talks about things at length, but would beat the others (6) |
| RIGHTNOW | Argument about thing at work at the present time (5,3) |
| TIS | That thing's at first oddly ignored (3) |
| CRACKERBARREL | Rural rail line a fine thing at first |
| NIGHTWEAR | Taking kinky thing at first, we start to romp around beginning of afternoon in pyjamas, for example (9) |
| SATIABLE | Can get fed up and a bit upset during the auction (8) |
| DEFENDED | Attempted to justify; got fed up and finished (8) |
| EXTENDER | Old and sore -- stretcher required? (8) |
| INFLAMED | Find injured, including hobbling and sore (8) |
| HEADCOLD | Mild illness that might involve a stuffy nose and sore throat: 2 wds. |
| NEUROTIC | Obsessive about things produced by you in new Citroen (8) |
| COGITATE | Cage it in order to make it think hard about things (8) |
| BELABOUR | One may harp on about things, but will stick with Miliband (8) |
| SKEPTICS | They have a lot of doubts about things |
| TIRES | Gets fed up and it's fidgeting about again (5) |
| DEFENDS | Stands up for, fed up, and puts a stop to (7) |
| SICKTODEATH | Utterly fed up, and awfully shocked at it (4,2,5) |
| RETIRED | Get fed up and angry about being put on the shelf (7) |
