| DERELICT | In a neglected condition - the relic Ted restored (8) |
| OBLIGATE | Of an organism, able to exist under only one set of environmental conditions; the opposite of facultative (8) |
| SCUM | Problem in a neglected pool |
| ALGAE | Growth in a neglected pool |
| RUNDOWN | In a neglected state |
| STATE | The condition the country is in (5) |
| DAMAGED | Being in poor condition, the old mare showed her years (7) |
| MAINTAINING | Keeping in good condition, ... the property |
| MAINTAINS | Keeps in good condition: -- the property |
| DAGOBA | A dome-shaped shrine containing the relics of the Buddha or a Buddhist saint (6) |
| WINTERSPORTSMEN | The harder the conditions the more they enjoy themselves |
| HYAMS | Peter, director of the films The Relic and End Of Days (5) |
| PETER | and 2dn, Director of the films Outland, The Relic and Capricorn One (5,5) |
| SOBEREDUP | Probes due for condition the morning after? (7,2) |
| MUSEUMPIECE | See mum ice up at the relic (6,5) |
| PETERHYAMS | Director of films Outland, The Relic and Capricorn One |
| RIDERLESS | Conditions the French introduced, with no one in control? (9) |
| CINDER | A clinker, ember or smouldering coal, or perhaps the ash left behind by a neglected scullery-maid's slipper or charlady's burnt rag with a hole (6) |
| CHASTE | Case holding the relics of a saint (6) |
| SHAH | Union Minister who attended the relics reunion in Leh. (Last name) (4) |
