| GROUPS | Gangs of disheartened adults (6) |
| INTERESTGROUPS | Those seeking influence in street possibly disheartened adults (8,6) |
| DANIEL | Star of Lincoln and Gangs Of New York, - - - Day-lewis (6) |
| TROOPS | Soldiers and gangs of Boy Scouts (6) |
| RUMBLE | Fight between rival gangs of adolescents (6) |
| TOUGHS | "Gangs of New York" extras |
| REMNANTS | Hangovers of disheartened men with tears sadly gulping last drop of gin (8) |
| SELENIUM | Element of disheartened surprise (8) |
| CARDIAC | Heart of disheartened ABC (a B higher up) (7) |
| WOES | The miseries of disheartened Wombles |
| HUES | Appearances of disheartened Poet Laureate (4) |
| AWARE | Conscious of disheartened advocate having internal conflict |
| TENS | Double-digit numbers of disheartened seabirds (4) |
| ENLIGHTEN | Instruct pair of disheartened Estonians wrapping lamp |
| PALINDROME | Friend of disheartened Italian department head in Lazio notes it's the same either way |
| INVESTSIN | Buys garments, which are wrapped by pair of disheartened interns |
| SCORSESE | Director of Gangs of New York and The Wolf of Wall Street. (8) |
| BENNETTWARNER | Gangs of London star, Pippa ------- ------ (7-6) |
| BRENDANGLEESON | Assassin's Creed, The Guard, Edge Of Tomorrow, In Bruges, Calvary and Gangs Of New York are films in which this Irish actor starred (7,7) |
| JIMBROADBENT | Academy Award winning English actor whose films include Iris, Moulin Rouge!, The Sense of an Ending, Cloud Atlas and Gangs of New York (3,9) |