| MISSEDTHEBUS | Lost an opportunity; left it too late (6,3,3) |
| CHANCEL | Opportunity left to see part of church (7) |
| MISSEDTHEBOAT | Lost an opportunity (6,3,4) |
| NOTINTIME | Doctors mention it too late (3,2,4) |
| CUTITFINE | Almost leave it too late to fit in cute trick (3,2,4) |
| INASHORTTIME | Is it too soon for seconds? (2,1,5,4) |
| ION | It's lost an electron, and iron has lost a right (3) |
| MOUNTEVEREST | Millions never set out rambling - is it too steep for them? (5,7) |
| SAMBROWNE | Military belt with a strap over the shoulder - it was named after its inventor, an officer of the British Army in India who lost an arm in the 1858 Mutiny (3,6) |
| LAZLO | Roman squad left Italian WWII battle, having lost an indefinite number (5) |
| LICIT | Caitlin lost an option? It's above board! (5) |
| JACKNEWTON | Australian golfer who lost an arm and an eye in a 1983 propeller accident (4,6) |
| SERMON | Lecture given by moaners, who"ve somehow lost an article (6) |
| CHOKED | Lost an easy win |
| RILED | Annoyed Ireland's lost an away (5) |
| UNCLE | Contaminated, having lost an older (usually) relative |
| ICEBOAT | Ocean a bit choppy having lost an Arctic vessel |
| TELLS | Discloses how Stella possibly lost an article (5) |
| TALONS | Lost an adaptation to nails (6) |
| NOBEL | Setback for Lebanon, having lost an illustrious prize (5) |
