| RELICT | Remnant of a former group (6) |
| OXBOW | _ lake, the remnant of a former meander of a river (5) |
| EXOCET | Missile striking first time from former group of 8 (6) |
| FOSSIL | From "to dig", a word for an ammonite or other dug-up petrified remnant of a prehistoric creature, thus for an antiquated, old, out-of-date or unchanging person or thing (6) |
| SEXTET | Printing term scored with former group |
| STRING | Twine for cat's-cradle; cord of an archery bow; or, the topped and tailed remnant of a runner bean (6) |
| NEBULA | Crab -; remnant of a supernova explosion in Taurus, first observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 (6) |
| COCCYX | Remnant of a vestigial tail |
| CINDER | Remnant of a burned coal |
| OFFCUT | Remnant of a cricket shot (3,3) |
| EMBERS | Glowing remnants of a fire |
| SOVIETUNION | Former group of Communist republics (6,5) |
| STUB | The counterfoil of a cheque, receipt or ticket; the remaining part of a docked tail; or, the truncated remnant of a candle or pencil, e.g. (4) |
| SIMM | Kevin, member of former group Liberty X and winner of The Voice UK in 2016 (4) |
| ARGO | FORMER GROUP OF STARS |
| EXTOL | Highly praise former group making a comeback (5) |
| USSR | Former group of red states? (abbr.) |
| GENESIS | Former group of UK musician Phil Collins (7) |
| TYPINGPOOLS | Former groups of shared secretaries (6,5) |
| LEFTOVER | Word for a survival of an earlier era; or, a remnant of a Sunday roast (8) |
