| FALLONHARDTIMES | Moving home, ill darts fan is to experience a difficult period (4,2,4,5) |
| TRANSCENDENCE | Nascence trend is to experience beyond the norm (13) |
| STRIKEABADPATCH | Experience a difficult time, so hit out at a rotten patrolled area (6,1,3,5) |
| WEATHERTHESTORM | Comes after the news article on controversy to get through difficult period (7,3,5) |
| THETERRIBLETWOS | Difficult period for a tot's parents |
| TEETHING | Object, having received little support, during a difficult period with the baby? |
| TIDEOVER | Help (someone) through a difficult period |
| TIDEDOVER | Helped, as through a difficult period |
| ENDURE | Make it through a difficult period |
| ALLOW | Grant left amid a difficult period? (5) |
| EMERGE | Survive a difficult period (6) |
| BACKACHE | Support a companion beginning to experience a form of pain (8) |
| GADGETEER | Perhaps mobile fan is to roam and annoy all the time |
| EGOTIST | Number one fan is to get bashed (7) |
| ABADPATCH | Difficult period in which to adapt to Bach medley (1,3,5) |
| GOBLIN | Little monster to experience a St-Paul-type conversion almost? |
| TRIP | Move with short light steps to experience a holiday (4) |
| HAVEABASH | Try to experience a party (4,1,4) |
| REAWAKEN | Aware when unusual knowledge to experience a revival (8) |
| DREAM | If only: Way to experience a white Christmas (even if no flakes fall) |