| EAVES | Part of house one abandons, having lost head (5) |
| EXITS | Part of house one goes away from without having started (5) |
| LEAVES | Abandons having days off work |
| AFFORD | Manage when callous husband abandons, having turned rotten (6) |
| RHEUMATIC | Attended to part of house, one under roof with bad joints |
| LEAVE | Abandon having time off |
| IGLOO | Sort of house -- one with mostly depressive atmosphere (5) |
| PRIOR | Leader of House, one asking too much of Speaker |
| PANIC | Latin American, for one, abandons his Twitter (5) |
| INTER | Dispose of body, having lost head in the cold weather (5) |
| EMBER | Smouldering remnant of politician having lost head (5) |
| NOTON | Belief one abandons as unacceptable (3,2) |
| EGRET | Bird to deplore having lost head (5) |
| LUCKY | Fortunate to be brave, having lost head (5) |
| ADDER | Serpent more annoyed, having lost head (5) |
| ALTER | Change boy having lost head(5) |
| OFTEN | Frequently become more mellow, having lost head (5) |
| OTTER | Snooker player, having lost head, is a beast (5) |
| REEDY | Nasal-sounding and grasping, having lost head (5) |
| NURSE | Tend to start to nag and swear, having lost head (5) |
