| DILAPIDATED | Ornate plaid is nearly outmoded, falling apart (11) |
| DECOMPOSING | In Delaware, say, one was creating music when falling apart (11) |
| INDISREPAIR | Falling apart |
| BUILTUPAREA | Falling apart with bile, pair of unionists: slow down there! (5-2,4) |
| NIRVANA | Vehicle in rain is falling apart - is this a desirable state? (7) |
| SENIOR | Older one is falling apart, little right! (6) |
| HOMIEST | Tho' semi is falling apart, it's most cosy (7) |
| ANNASUN | Walk the Moon "This house is falling apart" song |
| PENSIONER | Writer, senior, falling apart, is beneficiary of fund (9) |
| DISINTEGRATING | Design it wrongly - sailor is falling apart |
| BREAKING | First book about a ruler is falling apart (8) |
| ALP | The tallest one is nearly 16,000 feet high |
| BEAMENDS | On these one is nearly destitute (4,4) |
| STANDIN | Understudy is nearly permanent (5-2) |
| IDES | That is nearly the date (4) |
| ONEDEGREE | Just a bachelor's, which is nearly a frost (3,6) |
| ULTIMATUM | Final demand is nearly best before hesitation (9) |
| ENSILED | Model is nearly upset, partly buried in pit (7) |
| INEXTREMIS | One following on motorway is nearly late (2,8) |
| COLLIE | Barker the mineworker is nearly finished off (6) |
