| OVERTHINK | Put too much effort into agreement with a lot of extremely meagre content |
| STRAIN | Put too much effort into the melody (6) |
| MINIMA | Either way, note a lot of extremely low points |
| PARCEL | A lot of extremely lamentable rubbish getting rejected (6) |
| OVERDO | Put too much effort into revealing American pronunciation of 22 across |
| GIVEITSOMEWELLY | Put a lot of effort into it and go with the pedal to the metal (4,2,4,5) |
| TRYHARDS | Those who put a lot of effort into social climbing, in modern lingo |
| GOEASYON | Not put too much effort into one’s yoga, working out |
| STRAINER | Person making too much effort, one with crossed wires? |
| OVERWORK | Because of the job, it's too much effort (8) |
| FEASTS | Having put original effort into periods without eating, eats a lot (6) |
| ASIA | A Spanish agreement with a number of Eastern countries (4) |
| ALIGNED | Brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a faction, party, or cause. (7) |
| MAKE | Employ too much effort providing instruction for six undefined clues here (4,1,4,2,2) |
| OVERSTRAIN | Require too much effort for descant tune, perhaps (10) |
| STRAINED | Used too much effort, the water being taken out (8) |
| SERPENTINEVERSE | Writer put minimum of effort into transposed line that ends as it started |
| QUANTUMLEAP | Man put equal effort into a sudden, spectacular advance (7,4) |
| ASONEMAN | In agreement with a relative with mean design (2,3,3) |
| ALIGNS | Brings into cooperation or agreement with a particular group, party, cause, etc. (6) |
