| IGNOMINIOUS | Mining randomly, getting nothing, promises to be humiliating (11) |
| ABOUTFACE | Reversal in a round of fisticuffs - it would be humiliating to lose it (5,4) |
| FACE | Loss of it can be humiliating (4) |
| DEGRADING | Unfortunately, ginger dad can be humiliating (9) |
| ADORED | Loved to be dead wrong about getting nothing right! (6) |
| COHERE | Cheer wildly, getting nothing to be consistent (6) |
| HOODLUM | Gangster to hold out, getting nothing with hesitation (7) |
| LOOSE | Be beaten, getting nothing free (5) |
| TOMORROW | Man getting nothing right to argue in the near future (8) |
| DROOP | Fall, getting nothing to sag (5) |
| ZILCH | Last character to pilfer heading off, getting nothing |
| ARPEGGIO | Use pager to reach soldier, getting nothing but a chord (8) |
| LOSEOUT | Fail to benefit getting nothing in Seoul surprisingly - and Thailand (4,3) |
| IDLE | It will do nothing for one, getting nothing out of the dole (4) |
| ARTEDITOR | Publishing employee left page out, modern technology getting nothing right (3,6) |
| TROPHY | Prize puzzle at first hard - getting nothing at first, go out (6) |
| ROTOR | Turner's rubbish, getting nothing right |
| ABORT | Stop Jack getting nothing right |
| THOMAS | Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong (6) |
| ALLIN | Spent a pound, getting nothing in return (3,2) |
