| PATHOGEN | Old dope, by the way, is something that can make you ill (8) |
| ROUGHAGE | Approximately how old you are is something that can make your passing more bearable (8) |
| DETERGENT | Cleaner put off dope by cost in the end |
| GERM | Tiny organism that can make you ill |
| MUMPS | Mother with a rider - it can make you ill! (5) |
| PLUGHOLE | Piano by ear is something that can be draining |
| NONSENSE | Bunk (my favorite cryptogram of this word, by the way, is BEBOPBOP) * |
| CRACKPOT | Two drugs that can make you crazy |
| THOUGHTS | Even if the way is upwards, there may be 2 for them (8) |
| ROULETTE | Placing obstruction in the way is a chancy business (8) |
| IMPOSTOR | Claim by beggar across the way is a fraud |
| TRUMPET | "... and it comes out here" (this last instrument, by the way, is the subject of the song) |
| STOUT | Drink that, by the way, is old hat (5) |
| LADDER | Large snake is something that can send you in the opposite direction? |
| STUNT | The nut-cracking, by the way, is a trick (5) |
| FRANCE | The coin, by the way, is from a foreign country (6) |
| INTENSE | The tennis-playing, by the way, is very serious (7) |
| VISTA | View, by the way, is a little way in (5) |
| WATER | The drink, by the way, is a half of bitter (5) |
| ECOLI | Green at heart? Jealous ego? It could make you ill (1,4) |
