| ENDED | Reason news boss is finished |
| OWED | We feel that news boss is outstanding! |
| OVERT | It is evident it is finished on time (5) |
| DONNE | Poet is finished, they say (5) |
| PASTE | Glue is finished by end of tube (5) |
| EASED | Relieved after cold is finished (5) |
| THREW | Cast is finished, we hear (5) |
| PUPIL | Student is finished, caught by rising impudence (5) |
| PASTA | Something on the menu is finished article (5) |
| TOAST | Breakfast item is finished (5) |
| SCORN | With disdain, is finished with the old-fashioned stuff (5) |
| WORDS | "It is finished"... so died Christ, for this dismissive expression down to any doubting Thomas? (6,4,5) |
| OASIS | Where there's water with oars, right to drop out is finished (5) |
| ACTUP | Misbehave - part of play is finished |
| PSALM | Job is finished before the first such work appears |
| SOLOS | Pilots' flights just after training is finished |
| ABORT | Stop a computer program before it is finished |
| EIGHTBELLS | Sound indication that a watch is finished (5,5) |
| PASTASALAD | Summer-time dish is finished, for instance, by a young boy (5,5) |
| CLUEDUP | As a crossword is finished, well-informed (5-2) |
