| SEIZEON | Resort to in desperation |
| CLING | Hold on to in desperation. (5) |
| RESORTS | Turns (to) in desperation |
| PHIL | ___ Mitchell, Walford man who was proposed to in desperation by Kat Slater (4) |
| GRASPATSTRAWS | Expression meaning 'to resort to an inadequate remedy in desperation' (5,2,6) |
| ATSTRAWS | Resort to a fruitless remedy in desperation (6,2,6) |
| CLUTCH | Resort to a fruitless remedy in desperation (6,2,6) |
| CLUTCHATSTRAWS | How one in desperation might resort to inadequate remedy? (6,2,6) |
| GETTHERUNAROUND | Go from Billy to Jack in desperation to do the deal for small car (3,3,9) |
| CABINETMINISTER | This Conservative in Britain meets in desperation? |
| ATONESWITSEND | In desperation, pays to card's limit |
| HUMMINGTOP | Spinner to mouth, "MPG!" in desperation (7,3) |
| ALAST | As ___ resort (in desperation) |
| SCRAPETHEBARREL | Get rid of beer! Lather about act to use the end of it in desperation? (6,3,6) |
| OPINED | Offered a view to Aster leaving in desperation (6) |
| TURNTHETIDE | Hint, uttered in desperation, to reverse the trend (4,3,4) |
| MYKINGDOM | In 5.1, Richard in desperation on the battlefield, shouts, "My horse, my horse, ___ ___ for a horse!" |
| ELEPHANTS | In desperation, sent help to capture leader of the Asian beasts (9) |
| CLUTCHINGATSTRAWS | Resorting in desperation to utterly inadequate remedies (9,2,6) |
| CABINFEVER | Potholer cut by scrap iron in desperation to get out |
