| HAGGARD | Rider looking exhausted and unwell (7) |
| FLEA | From the outset, Federer's looking exhausted, and it sucks! |
| INAWEOF | Impressed by enemy (looking exhausted) I made retreat |
| ANTHILL | A new teacher, initially hot and unwell, finding mound of earth (3,4) |
| RETIRED | Soldiers became exhausted and retreated (7) |
| AMOROSO | Ophelia exhausted and upset over endlessly gloomy lover (7) |
| DRAINED | Exhausted and the day was wet (7) |
| RUNSOUT | Is exhausted and leaves hurriedly (4,3) |
| RUNSLOW | Starts to become exhausted and lose time |
| WORNOUT | Exhausted and the worse for wear (4,3) |
| RIDERHAGGARD | Author depicts cyclist looking exhausted (5,7) |
| KNIGHT | King accompanied by dark rider looking for adventure? |
| REDYED | Went back to being pink-haired and looking exhausted, disheartened (6) |
| DOWNHILL | Depressed and unwell after his first skiing event (8) |
| GNAW | Pale and unwell, grapes at first taken up to chew |
| PASTILLE | Sort of tense and unwell? Start to eat throat lozenge |
| FLU | Feel low and unwell initially, due to this? (3) |
| SWILL | Feed sow, disheartened and unwell (5) |
| PALLID | Pale and unwell back in the pad (6) |
| PILL | Poorly at first and unwell ___ take something from the doctor! (4) |