| ABRADED | It's dear and it's bad and it's worn down easily (7) |
| SAUL | ____ Goodman is a lawyer in Breaking Bad and its spin-off (4) |
| LEROY | "And it's bad, bad _ Brown, the baddest man in the whole damned town" |
| NONCOMPOSMENTIS | Perhaps major politician with large troops - it's bad and mad (3,6,6) |
| ROTTEN | It's bad and seems right over the top to most men (6) |
| RANCID | Caught in the drain, went off and it's bad (6) |
| AVIATOR | He can look down easily on lots of people (7) |
| CHEROOT | It's dear abroad - and on return, too - to smoke (7) |
| TIRADES | It's "dear" then out with those long angry speeches! (7) |
| AERATED | It's dear tea! More like mineral water (7) |
| ASTRIDE | It's dear, surprisingly, with legs apart (7) |
| MEANDER | Wander aimlessly about with men, dear, and get upset (7) |
| COMPETE | Come out, dear, and take part (7) |
| MADEIRA | Am back, dear, and I have poured the wine (7) |
| EARDRUM | Remarkably dear and uncommon component of audio equipment (7) |
| CAPLETS | They go down easily |
| ADHERES | He's dear, and clings (7) |
| EXPLAIN | Make dear and comprehensible (7) |
| CHERISH | Word, from the French for "dear" and connected to "charity", meaning adore, care for or treasure (7) |
| ABRADER | Worn-down artist died in a cot (7) |
