| FLYOFFTHEHANDLE | Lose one's temper knowing of wretched thane held by force (3,3,3,6) |
| GOOFFTHEDEEPEND | Lose one's temper completely (2,3,3,4,3) |
| EATONESHEARTOUT | Austere thane too angry to pine with grief (3,4,5,3) |
| SEDUCTRESS | Siren evident as many in stick-up held by force (10) |
| KNAVERY | Duplicity as king and queen held by force at sea |
| BLETHERING | Going on about French and English articles held by force (10) |
| MISERIES | I'm set back by a succession of wretched experiences (8) |
| USURPED | Seized and held by force |
| AWARE | Knowing of a fight prior to start of election (5) |
| ANTINOVEL | Nouveau roman of wretched Levantine, going East for love (9) |
| FORLORNHOPE | Ancient soldiers likely to die on behalf of wretched comedian |
| UNMASK | Reveal identity of wretched man in river |
| WIMP | Wet, head of wretched mischievous child (4) |
| CURTAIL | Cut short suitable part of wretched dog (7) |
| SLUMS | In Scotland, chimney in only half the mess of wretched housing (5) |
| OSTRACIZE | Blacklist because of wretched riots case (9) |
| DARTS | High culture follows the end of wretched bolts (5) |
| DAMNATAE | Accursed nights, ____ noctes, of wretched existence in the Underworld, vide Prop. 4.11.15 |
| ARCHDUCAL | Like an Austrian nobleman, maybe, knowing of the French state? |
| ACREW | "___ of wretched souls..." (Macbeth) |
