| OUTWEIGH | On balance it's depressing to do this |
| SASHWEIGHT | On balance, it's a window feature (4,6) |
| EGGANDSPOONRACE | On balance, it's a competitive event eating away at ethnic breakfast? (3,3,5,4) |
| DREAR | Depressing, to Donne |
| PITTED | How depressing to have skin like that! (6) |
| CRANIAL | No table for the trial balance. It's all to do with the head (7) |
| LETTINGDOWN | Managing to write, though it's depressing one (7,4) |
| DISCOURAGING | Record our getting older: it's depressing |
| DAMPENER | Person cursing about exercise - it's depressing |
| DREARY | It's depressing back in suburbs of Derby (6) |
| FUNEREAL | Before old Alistair has fun, it's depressing (8) |
| PILGRIMS | It's depressing in trip back with religious travellers (8) |
| DAMPER | Traveller's crazy, upset - it's depressing (6) |
| TIGHTROPEWALKER | On balance, tends to look down on the clowns (9,6) |
| WHEELIE | On balance, expect one with chopper could do this work for local scoundrel from Ireland (7) |
| EVENSONG | Little price to pay, on balance, for late service |
| RESTAGING | Opposed to golf, on balance, being arranged again |
| TEETER | Move unsteadily on a seesaw, on balance (6) |
| RESTED | Relaxed editor, on balance? On the contrary (6) |
| RESTRAIN | Check to find, on balance, bad weather (8) |
