| DENADA | Literally, "of nothing" |
| ASTUDYINSCARLET | Read end, literally, of this detective story? |
| INTRO | The start - literally, of |
| MOINES | Des ___ (literally, of monks) |
| ESSE | De bene __: literally, of well-being |
| THE | The subject (almost literally) of this week's Miscellany! (3,5) |
| QUEEN | The subject (almost literally) of this week's Miscellany! (3,5) |
| COLESLAW | Dutch-derived name for a cold side dish literally of "cabbage salad" (8) |
| LEAR | First speaker of "Nothing can come of nothing" (1606) |
| EVOLVE | Develop nothing after elevating half of nothing? |
| CYNIC | One knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing (5) |
| CYNICS | They know the price of everything and the value of nothing according to Wilde (6) |
| THIN | Description of fashion model - just a bit of nothing (4) |
| OPTEDOUT | "Took back control of nothing": expression of disdain, bearing much tedium (5,3) |
| SALADLOVER | Caesar fan (and, apropos of nothing, an anagram of EL SALVADOR) |
| EXNIHILO | Latin phrase meaning 'out of nothing', often used in the context of divine creation (2,6) |
| CY | Oscar Wilde defined a _____ as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing". (5) |
| OLENT | Having the smell of nothing in a time of going hungry (5) |
| AVOID | Have nothing to do with greedy seizure of nothing (5) |
| KINGLEAR | Shakespeare character for whom "nothing can come of nothing"? (4,4) |
