| PENICILLIN | Saviour of millions, one described by writer, getting nothing in return |
| MINUS | Short of millions, one retiring star ... |
| ORWELL | Writer getting nothing right, fortunately |
| FRANKLIN | Queen of Soul telling all, getting nothing in return (8) |
| EMERSION | Reappearance of heavenly body, one described by US writer |
| ALLIN | Spent a pound, getting nothing in return (3,2) |
| LINT | Troy getting nothing in return first for cotton (4) |
| UTOPIAN | Perfect sort of society, such as the one described by Sir Thomas More |
| QUAINT | Attractively unusual one described by fashion designer (6) |
| GREENWELLIE | Huntin' shootin' and fishin' bore, one described by novelist |
| MAJESTIC | Adult joke, one described by compere as sublime (8) |
| INDONESIAN | An Asian: one's described by that |
| BISTRO | Restaurant in street described by writer (6) |
| THOMAS | Seeker of proof getting nothing in maths wrong (6) |
| RIGHTO | One side getting nothing in agreement (6) |
| JOAN | Female getting nothing in early part of year (4) |
| SPOOF | Starting price of getting nothing in the parody (5) |
| OBRIEN | Irish writer's former schoolfellow getting nothing in Paris (1'5) |
| OSTRICH | Extremely well-off, but losing millions one tries to hide in the sand |
| POMPEII | Church leader welcomes millions one after another in ancient city |
