| ENCLOSED | In the end, it's stuffy inside (8) |
| CONSTANT | Tories beat left in the end: it's always the same |
| RUDENESS | Regrets going around office delivering insults - in the end it's bad manners (8) |
| BOUNDARY | Heading to take a run, needlessly at the end, it's perhaps a four (8) |
| DROPGOAL | Collapse before the end, it's a feature of Rugby (4,4) |
| TENSE | In the end, it's often seen stretched tight (5) |
| SOSO | In the end, it's ordinary and very meh! (2-2) |
| HACKY | Axe play in the end - it's derivative and unoriginal |
| KICKOFFS | Starts to give up at school in the end - it's not working (4-4) |
| TENDRILS | Parts of plant; both hands end its movement (8) |
| DENTISTS | Canine inspectors end its barking before test, oddly (8) |
| ADMIRABLE | A senior officer took in a book, at the end. It's quite praiseworthy (9) |
| TROPE | Run into the lead, at the end. It's a figure of speech (5) |
| TRIPE | May fall over at the end. It's all nonsense (5) |
| CUTE | May sever relations, at the end. It's lovely (4) |
| EXTREME | Right at the end, it's very intense |
| LIFEINYOURYEARS | "In the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the ____" Abraham Lincoln |
| TRACKSUIT | Possibly cut risk with a rest at the end, it's assumed, if exercising |
| STUPID | Puts off taking a degree, at the end. It's foolish (6) |
| FRAGILE | Easily broken with force, at the end. It's quite delicate (7) |
