| MIEN | Look shabby, so they say |
| SEEDY | My offspring and why they look shabby (5) |
| RATTY | Shabby and then some |
| GAME | It's ok to prey for the predator, so they say. (4,4) |
| FAIR | It's ok to prey for the predator, so they say. (4,4) |
| TEEM | Increase the line-up, so they say (4) |
| DOUR | Far from cheerful actor, so they say (4) |
| FYNE | Nice, so they say, stretch of 20 water (4) |
| TIME | Great healer, so they say (4) |
| DEER | Fawn is costly, so they say (4) |
| ENDS | They justify the means, so they say |
| SENT | Some money is posted, so they say (4) |
| WATT | A measure of power. Eh? So they say (4) |
| OBOE | Instrument that hurt lover, so they say (4) |
| CAKE | Food eaters cannot have, so they say? (4) |
| AWAY | Departed but this must be here, so they say, if there's a will (4) |
| HOME | Sort of page that's a heart location, so they say (4) |
| ROME | It wasn't built in a day, so they say |
| ONCE | "___ upon a mid- night dreary ... "57 Stress, so they say |
| UGLI | Fruit of unpleasant appearance, so they say |
