| REQUIRED | Needed 24 sheets, being in the red (8) |
| TAKEISSUEWITH | Object to Kuwaiti sheets being shaken (4,5,4) |
| REMAINED | State that, being in the red, showed how it was left (8) |
| RETARDED | Held back by trade being in the red? (8) |
| ENQUIRED | Asked to finish about two dozen sheets (8) |
| OVERDRAWN | Too greatly tempted, resulting in being in the red (9) |
| INHERITED | From being in the red I possibly came into the money (9) |
| RACED | Hurried to get the account, being in the red (5) |
| RESIDED | Dwelt with the team, being in the red (7) |
| QUIRED | In sets of 24 sheets |
| QUIRE | The singers, we hear, had 24 sheets (5) |
| ENQUIRE | In France to get 24 sheets of paper, just ask (7) |
| RELEGATED | Demoted ambassador for being in the red |
| DEBATE | Argument about area being in the red, note (6) |
| OWING | It is due to being in the red (5) |
| REFINED | Punishment for being in the red may be improved with subtlety (7) |
| ALONE | Only reason, you say, for being in the red (5) |
| RANTED | Raged about a theatre being in the red |
| RETIRED | Grow weary of being in the red when no longer working (7) |
| RESUMED | Continued to muse distractedly, being in the red (7) |
