| WRETCHED | It's miserable, being married, having inner strain (8) |
| SCOURGER | One to punish son (gosh!) having inner impulse (8) |
| DESOLATE | It's miserable to lose backing in meeting (8) |
| SUPERMAN | Hero with unusual surname having inner power |
| MONOGYNY | Being married to one person at a time (8) |
| ORGANISM | Being married, start to arrange endlessly (8) |
| MENTORED | Did coach, being married, stop collecting rent? (8) |
| ADMIRERS | Those who very much like being married, sadly single (8) |
| MONOGAMY | Custom of being married to one person at a time (8) |
| HEBRIDES | He goes in front of women being married on Scottish islands (8) |
| PREOWNED | Porter occasionally admitted being married before! |
| MULLOVER | Reflect on being married to scattered, ugly sweetheart |
| MOCCASIN | Put one's foot in it, being married, losing a ring during the event |
| TENSE | Resents having inner turmoil and being anxious (5) |
| POOR | Miserable, being second-rate (4) |
| ITEMISE | Catalogue is quite miserable, being somewhat reduced |
| SODAS | Miserable, being overweight? Recover with tonics (5) |
| DEMISE | ...made miserable being occupied by defeat |
| VICTIM | For starters, vulture is creeping towards its miserable prey (6) |
| ITCHED | Yearned to be married, having lost first husband (6) |
