| LOWSTANDARD | Last word, and it could be, 'poor' (3,8) |
| CATARACT | Falls on stream. It could be poor eyesight (8) |
| PARTINGSHOT | Last word, and a hint to the starred answers |
| ROCKTHEBOAT | Hudson gets the lighter perhaps and it could create trouble (4,3,4) |
| ELBOW | It could be low sort of joint, and it could be crooked (5) |
| LUCRE | It may be described as filthy and it could be cruel (5) |
| PROBATIONER | Struggling in art, be poor apprentice |
| INEFFICIENT | At home I in effect turn out to be poor work-wise (11) |
| RANDOMORDER | Ideal deck-shuffling goal ... and a hint to a hidden word, and how it appears, in the four other longest answers |
| ARCHITECTURAL | It's describing features in church, say, and it could be cathedral curtain (13) |
| RATIO | It shows how much to how many, and it could be a riot (5) |
| IGNITING | Double gin and it could be playing with fire (8) |
| PELICANCROSSING | Substitute circling -- one pass and it could be a walkover (7,8) |
| FANLIGHT | Enthusiast over this maybe and it could be over 18 (8) |
| HEMLOCK | Put some lemon squash in the wine and it could be fatal! |
| BAIT | A bit crazy, and it could be a can of worms! |
| AMENDED | Changed the last word and finally pleased editor (7) |
| AMEND | Change the last word and penultimate of words (5) |
| NEWTESTAMENT | Holy work or novel? Try The Last Word and bit of Thackeray |
| AMENDMENT | For a change, 500 men stood between the last word and the first (9) |
