| UNDERITSOWNSTEAM | How railway engine progressed without help from others (5,3,3,5) |
| UNDER | How railway engine progressed without help from others (5,3,3,5) |
| ITSOWNSTEAM | How railway engine progressed without help from others (5,3,3,5) |
| UNDERITS | How old engine went without help from others (5,3,3,5) |
| OWNSTEAM | How old engine went without help from others (5,3,3,5) |
| UNASSISTED | Saints used to wander around without help from others (10) |
| SINGLEHANDED | Done without help from others (6-6) |
| ABALONE | Shellfish obtained by a sailor without help from others (7) |
| INPERSON | In for each male offspring without help from others (2,6) |
| ALCAPONE | Without help from others, arresting top gangster (2,6) |
| ONONESOWN | Without help from others (2,4,3) |
| BOOTSTRAP | Develop without reliance on help from others |
| DIABETES | Perishes, without help, from illness (8) |
| ADRIFT | Left without help from raft, I'd wandered (6) |
| EFILES | Takes care of taxes without help from the post office |
| NITROGEN | Morning tea, arranged without help from mother, is gas! (8) |
| UNAIDED | Without help from anyone else |
| INDIGENT | Poor enough to need help from others (8) |
| RELIANT | Self-___ (needing no help from others) |
| SELFSUFFICIENT | Needing no help from others |
