| EMPTYHANDED | Holding nothing, having failed (5-6) |
| SOCIOLOGIST | Student of humanity is cool about nothing having meaning (11) |
| OFFTHESCENT | Having failed to nose out the right track (3,3,5) |
| LOSTTHEPLOT | Forfeited allotment, perhaps, having failed to keep up (4,3,4) |
| DOUBLEYOURMONEY | Footballer gets millions for nothing having letter, we hear, to go on old quiz show (6,4,5) |
| SEPOY | Secret agent admits nothing having earlier captured English soldier (5) |
| BOBCAT | Feline Auntie receiving nothing having emptied account (6) |
| AFFRAY | Fight about nothing, having run into girl (6) |
| REPUTE | Agent saying nothing, having destroyed maiden's name (6) |
| GEEZER | I say nothing, having killed old fox (6) |
| WOEFUL | Miserable, we'll eat nothing, having wretched flu (6) |
| LOITER | Unconventional tiler eating nothing having to hang about (6) |
| LIMBO | Member with nothing having dance (5) |
| BROOKE | WW1 poet is on his beam ends, owning nothing, having . . . (6) |
| BARNARDO | Doctor is noble, hiding nothing having run into trouble (8) |
| QUIT | Leave and say nothing, having scratched side of coupe |
| ANEROID | A poor diner with nothing, having no liquid (7) |
| INLOVE | I'm wearing nothing, having an affair (2,4) |
| COGNITION | Thinking about nothing having drunk gin and tonic |
| DIRECTIONLESS | Such news could appear to be nothing, having no purpose |
