| ESCALATING | Increasing calls about wasting pound, dining outside (10) |
| MACCHIATO | Mother, Catholic, wasting pound, spilt drink (9) |
| DINGALING | American girl dining outside is three? (4-1-4) |
| SPURGE | Burst of extravagance, wasting pounds for plant |
| UNDERPAY | Minimise wasting pounds? A stingy boss may do so (8) |
| NOTTINGHAM | Man upset about wasting tonight in the city (10) |
| PHEROMONES | ... Calls about more unusual bodily secretions (10) |
| ORIEL | Loiter about, wasting time in bay |
| LOITER | Hang about, wasting time (6) |
| ASIMOV | Author, American, is sick about wasting time (6) |
| MADHATTER | "Alice in Wonderland" character who says, "If you knew time as well as I do ... you wouldn't talk about wasting it" |
| RINGLETS | Calls about telephone going up, and locks (8) |
| MEADOWS | Cat calls about notice in fields |
| CANARIES | Calls about an area in Spanish community |
| GOLDRINGS | Gentleman initially calls about ancient jewellery (4,5) |
| ENDGAMES | Earl calls about head of BBC's final board moves (8) |
| COLORADOSPRINGS | Company calls about poor lads working in US city (8,7) |
| CRIES | Calls about swell sound (5) |
| UPRISINGS | Posh prince calls about island rebellions (9) |
| RINGSIDES | Calls about party in sporting locations |
