| SCARPERED | Ran off emotionally damaged, clutching empty purse (9) |
| OPUSES | Works overseas, clutching empty purse (6) |
| PENETRATE | Go through take-home pay? Empty purse first (9) |
| DOCKING | Cutting short performance, clutching empty cheek |
| COPE | Manage company with empty purse (4) |
| BANDOLERO | Robber took boodle and ran off (9) |
| RAINWATER | Waiter ran off to get natural drink (9) |
| FLATBREAD | Spooner's rascal ran off, getting damper in Australia? (9) |
| CALENDARS | Roman or Chinese, they scaled and ran off (9) |
| ADRENALIN | Daniel ran off, stimulated by this? (9) |
| RURITANIA | IRA unit ran off, finally forsaking realm of romance (9) |
| ANTARCTIC | Cat ran off, getting twitch in cold region (9) |
| ABSCONDED | Sailor backed proposal to cut energy and ran off (9) |
| NONPAREIL | Apple on pile ran off (9) |
| UNDERWEAR | Rude, we ran off in pants, e.g. (9) |
| FLACCIDLY | Loosely lifted muscle, then rottenly ran off (9) |
| HEARTBURN | Husband, brute, ran off to cause pain (9) |
| FLATTENED | Ran off outside at ten in a crushed state (9) |
| RAINDROPS | Doris ran off, grabbing last bit of soap -- the sign of a shower (9) |
| ORPINGTON | Footballer who ran off with Steve McDonald's wife in Coronation Street (5,9) |
