| RUNSHORT | Manage with little so become exhausted (3,5) |
| ASITWERE | A sit? We rested, a little, so to speak (2,2,4) |
| MAKEDO | Manage with little |
| PETER | He may start out and so become exhausted (5) |
| VESTS | Vets manage with small underwear (5) |
| SWEENEY | Informal police squad is very small, so they say (7) |
| WHITEBAIT | Fish for a little and then be back to island (9) |
| PINTSIZED | Small, so to speak |
| DATABASE | Where figures might be rising a little, then low (8) |
| ADMONISHED | Run, notice little, then rest, shattered (10) |
| ADMINISTER | Run, notice little, then rest, shattered (10) |
| LOOSENUP | One soup left to mix, so become less tense (6,2) |
| THESPIAN | He paints badly, so becomes an actor |
| STACCATO | A pet both ways inside so becomes short and abrupt |
| HITITOFF | Strike one aristocrat, then become friends (3,2,3) |
| PETEROUT | Fellow determined to become exhausted (5,3) |
| GOALLINE | Bound, on pitch, to become exhausted by end of game |
| GOTOSEED | Visit daughter and become exhausted (2,2,4) |
| PROMPTER | One helping the cast dance and become exhausted, losing some energy (8) |
| GIVESOUT | How the distributor becomes exhausted (5,3) |
