| THROWINTHETOWEL | Give up, having written how hotel failed (5,2,3,5) |
| NIGHTAFTERNIGHT | How hotels prefer bookings |
| GUNTERGRASS | Author who should have written 'How Green Was My Valley'? |
| HAIKU | Poetry verse form/in which this clue is written/how meta indeed |
| THEENDOFTHEROAD | When one gives up, having lost track? |
| RESIN | Give up, having no good stuff that's sticky (5) |
| SOP | Give up having wasted time to get concession (3) |
| BLACKOUT | Give up, having been broken by large loss of energy? (8) |
| REIGN | Give up having succeeded to discharge power |
| GREEDY | Some hungry deer give up, having a voracious appetite (6) |
| FORGOOD | Give up, having had an overdose, permanently (3,4) |
| DROPS | Gives up having medication (5) |
| RESIGNED | Gave up office having written one's name twice (8) |
| AUTHORSHIP | Having written something, in French, to the Thunderer's fashionable (10) |
| VOLUMINOUS | Very old and clear, having written much (10) |
| THESTATES | Having written a will protecting husband and son in America |
| MISSPELT | Teacher's favourite learner kept in, having written words wrongly |
| UNDERSIGNED | Having written your name on a document |
| MOPE | Having written out poem will yield to low spirits (4) |
| COMPOSED | Remaining tranquil after having written the music (8) |
