| ILLS | Poverty and pollution, for two |
| GRUEL | Thin oatmeal synonymous with poverty and punishment for its association with an old phrase, Oliver Twist and workhouses (5) |
| MAXERNST | "Castor and Pollution" artist |
| CRAZYHORSES | 1972 Osmonds hit about cars and pollution: 2 wds. |
| NUN | Sister who's taken vows of poverty and chastity |
| LIBERATIONTHEOLOGY | Christian movement addressing poverty and injustice |
| SQUALOR | State of poverty and neglect (7) |
| HARDSCRABBLE | Marked by poverty and struggle |
| NEEDY | Poverty and why the poor remain (5) |
| EPA | Government org. with an Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention |
| SOYLENTGREEN | 1973 dystopian thriller about effects of global warming, overpopulation and pollution set in New York in 2022 |
| FROM | Prevent poverty and hunger, don't let beast in (4,3,4,4,3,4) |
| WOLF | Prevent poverty and hunger, don't let beast in (4,3,4,4,3,4) |
| THEDOOR | Prevent poverty and hunger, don't let beast in (4,3,4,4,3,4) |
| KEEPTHE | Prevent poverty and hunger, don't let beast in (4,3,4,4,3,4) |
| NEEDLE | Extreme poverty and limitations of language get on one's nerves (6) |
| SLUM | A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions (4) |
| BLACKMAIL | Bail out of poverty and start to monetise extortion (9) |
| FASTCAR | Tracy Chapman song that Rolling Stone called "a haunting rumination on poverty and escape" |
| TELFORD | Nicknamed the Colossus of Roads, Scotsman who was brought up in poverty by his mother Janet Jackson and went on to design the Caledonian Canal and Menai Suspension Bridge (7) |
