| OVERSTAFF | Hire too many and starve, unfortunately, in rotten housing (9) |
| BACILLI | Bill pockets bill - one too many and he'll be sick! (7) |
| OVERSTAFFS | Hires too many employees |
| AFEVER | 'Feed a cold and starve _ ___' (1,5) |
| FEEDA | "___ cold and starve a fever" |
| REHYDRATE | Give more water to monster taking refuge in rotten tree (9) |
| NEEDINESS | Unfortunately, in dens, see poverty (9) |
| STALEMATE | Male unfortunately in condition when neither side can win (9) |
| OVERDRAWN | Indian spies probing vendor unfortunately in trouble with the bank (9) |
| BABYGRAND | In rotten times, senior female producing instrument (4,5) |
| TROUSSEAU | Bride's attire arouses, unfortunately in middle of ritual |
| OFSECRETS | Ref botches rematches unfortunately in this book series sequel (3,7,2,7) |
| FURRYBOOT | Hide raunchy extremes I boycott unfortunately in 27Ac 29Ac (5,4,4) |
| DESTROYER | See dry rot, unfortunately in naval vessel |
| PROGNOSIS | Poor signs unfortunately in forecast |
| POE | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| ANNABELLEE | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| SIDEHUSTLE | Extra job, and a hint to what each starred answer is for many (and literally is, in this puzzle) |
| AGO | "It was many and many a year ___..." ("Annabel Lee") |
| ITWAS | "___ many and many a year...": Poe |
