| POWERLESS | Lacking energy is unable to do anything (9) |
| HELPLESS | Unable to do anything (8) |
| INEPT | Unable to do anything right |
| MENDICANT | Beggar says he is unable to do repairs (9) |
| INCAPABLE | Unable to do it at home, father is to wire about it (9) |
| MARKTWAIN | Writer's trade, lacking energy, is on the wane, say (4,5) |
| DEPENDENT | Unable to do without |
| TRANSLATE | Stare with Latin tricky? One misses out — unable to do this? |
| DECANTER | Mother, perhaps, is unable to do/does dressing (8) |
| VOLCANIC | Moving vocal, pleasant but lacking energy, is emotionally charged (8) |
| DOLLOP | Old Pole sadly lacking energy is a lump (6) |
| RAGGEDY | Aged grey criminal lacking energy is in tatters? (7) |
| DUD | American guy, lacking energy, is a failure (3) |
| SLAV | Unpaid worker lacking energy is Russian? |
| SCORNFUL | Bob facing my northern food, lacking energy, is contemptuous (8) |
| TRAUMA | Out-of-condition amateur, lacking energy, is suffering (6) |
| OMNIPOTENT | Men point to lunatic able to do anything (10) |
| SIGNIFICANT | Telling stories is generally nice, all kicking off should I be unable to do so |
| SICKLIST | In the army or navy, what is a roster of those unable to do duty because of illness? (4,4) |
| BROKE | City trader almost unable to do further business? (5) |
