| DISSIPATE | Having been paid, is set perhaps to squander it (9) |
| FRITTER | Father had it, the waster was out to squander it (7) |
| STABLEFUL | Arab set, perhaps, to provide firm with energy from gas, say |
| ENTWIST | Twin-set, perhaps, to wrench out of shape (7) |
| EARNED | Longed not to start, having been paid |
| ALLOWED | Everybody due to be paid is given leave (7) |
| PERVERSE | How poet might be paid is wrong-headed (8) |
| OVERSPEND | To squander money proves wrong - object to it (9) |
| BLUEBELLS | Flowers to squander on lovely ladies we hear (9) |
| UNSETTLED | Agitated to find it hasn't been paid (9) |
| KERBSTONE | At the side of the street broken set, perhaps (9) |
| LISTENERS | They may be around a radio set, perhaps, in ships (9) |
| CHINAWARE | Feature well informed on tea set perhaps (9) |
| BLUEPRINT | Plan to squander and run off |
| FAIRTRADE | A label on food such as bananas that means the farmers who've produced it have been paid fairly (9) |
| COLLECTED | Gathered that goods had been paid for (9) |
| TOLLHOUSE | Where tax should have been paid, ring royal family (4,5) |
| IRONY | "A free ride when you've already paid" is an example of it, according to Alanis Morissette |
| SATURATE | USA struggles to capture leader of terrorists - price paid is steep |
| PLUMMET | Prize paid is to fall sharply |
