| FELLTHROUGH | Found it wouldn't bear one's weight, so it came to nothing (4,7) |
| HAPPENED | He had to append an amendment so it came to pass (8) |
| SHOTPUTTING | Sporting event where one throws one's weight around? (4,7) |
| PWERPLITICS | Throwing one's weight around, in international relations |
| CAMEO | I was to get this small role but it came to nothing! It was a gem, too! |
| HADAGO | Tried to halt first bill by government lawyer and it came to nothing (3,1,2) |
| REDUCES | It has a loss in weight so the shopkeeper lowers the price (7) |
| CHAUCER | Author whose The Nun's Priest's Tale is thought to bear one of the first references to foolishness and thus is tenuously linked to April Fools' Day (7) |
| GODUTCH | Leave Netherlander to bear one's own costs (2,5) |
| STANDONESGROUND | Be firm with bear - one's beginning to growl before stage of competition (5,4,6) |
| ENCHANTING | Charming lass is losing weight, so is deficient |
| SIGHT | Spy gaining weight, so upset (5) |
| BALLERINA | All-in wrestling with bear: one's up on points? |
| IRON | Weights, so to speak |
| APOLLO | Sun-god got it all wrong: work came to nothing (6) |
| DIETED | Restricted oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food to control one's weight |
| DIETS | Restricts oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food especially to control one's weight |
| POLAR | ----- bear, one that lives in the Arctic regions (5) |
| BANANAS | At first, bear one fruit or another (7) |
| AZERBAIJAN | Republic in the middle of Brazil shot bear one month (10) |
