| STARVED | Looked about five and dying of hunger (7) |
| SEVEN | Had looked about five, but is a little older (5) |
| STARVING | Dying of hunger (8) |
| STARRED | Played leading role and looked about right (7) |
| INFUSED | Fiend must be upset about 5, and soaked through (7) |
| WASTREL | Idler permitted to turn up looked about right (7) |
| SIXTEEN | Had looked about nine the time after, though a good deal older (7) |
| KILLING | So funny you were dying of laughter? (7) |
| BRIOCHE | Commanding officer with onset of hunger tucked into cheese roll (7) |
| HARDHIT | Onset of hunger with a third terribly badly affected (4,3) |
| ADVALOREM | For what it's worth, a lad is about five and more (2,7) |
| ARDEB | Egyptian dry measure equal to about five-and-a-half bushels |
| STARVE | Look about five, and go hungry (6) |
| THANATOLOGY | Scientific study of death and dying, including its medical, psychological and social aspects (11) |
| DALAI-LAMA | Spiritual leader who wrote "The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace" |
| DALAILAMA | Spiritual leader who wrote "The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace" |
| JAMESGARFIELD | 20th President of the United States, shot by Stalwart activist Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and dying 79 days later (5,8) |
| ALUM | Compound used in tanning and dying |
| SPICED | Seasoned, but looked about a hundred (6) |
| SEVENTEEN | Happening to have looked about perfect for the ingenue role (9) |
