| ENHANCED | In the end, he can contrive to be better! (8) |
| MICROORGANISM | Something like a virus, or magic minors can contrive (5-8) |
| WISER | We, sir, contrive to be better informed (5) |
| ISLANDER | One left drains, in the end. He's a Hebridean (8) |
| HEATEDUP | Put head out, at the end. He was getting warmer (6,2) |
| OVERRATE | Reckon the bowling figures to be better than they are? (8) |
| IMPROVED | Lam conclusively shown to be better (8) |
| MADETHERIGHTCALL | Initially, Alexander Graham Bell's invention failed to connect with the public, but in the end he... |
| TWOHEADS | They're supposed to be better than one confusing date show (3,5) |
| BADINAGE | Banter assumed to be better when young? |
| TOLKIEN | To make up tale about Khuzdul, for starters - and Sauron, in the end - he did! (7) |
| INTEND | Mean in the end, he must leave |
| REHEAR | In the end, he will try again |
| TRAIL | In the end, he lost her track (5) |
| BROKEN | One came apart, in the end. He's shattered (6) |
| WRANGLE | To argue thus one may be able to contrive to be right in (7) |
| SNIVEL | Before I have left at the end, he's certain to cry |
| RETIREE | Go to bed by the end - he's no longer working |
| ESCAPER | In the East End, he's bound to find the one that got away (7) |
| LEGATEE | Diplomat inattentive at the end: he's left something (7) |
