| ALRIGHT | One may think there are pounds missing, but it's OK (7) |
| RIPPING | Meat fat initially missing, but it's excellent (7) |
| COUNTESS | Very many pounds missing from the noblewoman (8) |
| ENOW | "I must not think there are / Evils __ to darken all his goodness": Shak. |
| LIGHT | Small top missing, but it's not serious (5) |
| BELIEVES | Thinks there are insects, live, flying around inside |
| MUSES | Thinks there are nine of them |
| ALLRIGHT | There's nothing left, but it's OK. (3,5) |
| SHEEPSKIN | It's all over for the woolly livestock! (But it's ok!) (9) |
| TOKEN | Nominal, but it's OK in a decimal system (5) |
| TIL | Up to one pound missing from cash register (3) |
| PAID | Dished out tor tartan cloth, pound missing (4) |
| SUSPECT | He is, one may think, the perpetrator (7) |
| AUSTRIA | Australasia alas is missing but a bit of Europe is left (7) |
| TYPICAL | Pity about serene ending missing, but that's normal |
| MEDIATE | Think there's no time to step in (7) |
| ENDLESS | Ring-like? Some may think Wagner's is! |
| MONSTER | What a child may think is under the [puzzle's central image] |
| LAUGHSOFF | Rejects what one may think of bad jokes perhaps (6,3) |
| IDEAS | One may think of them as making an aside (5) |
