| SOLITARINESS | Sir sits alone, sadly, in this? |
| BARCELONA | Pub customer initially alone, sadly, in city |
| DUNGEON | Cries have gone unrecognised, sadly, in this dank, miserable place |
| ESSENTIALOIL | Eli sits alone distilling aroma compound (9,3) |
| WALLFLOWER | One who is shy, or lacks a partner, sits alone at a dance or party (10) |
| SWEETADELINE | "In the evening when I sit alone a-dreaming..." |
| NOSETOTAIL | To sit alone perplexed, as in heavy traffic (4,2,4) |
| SEALION | Aquatic creature is alone sadly |
| TOENAILS | Sit alone twiddling lower extremities (8) |
| SOFA | On which one needn't sit alone |
| GOLDENHIND | Drake, or hen sadly in depth, at sea in this! (6,4) |
| INEBRIATE | Be upset, in the grip of inertia sadly, in boozer |
| MARENGO | Mark, a goner, sadly, in battle fought in Italy |
| FORENOON | No one sadly in favour of starting in the morning (8) |
| EMOTIONAL | Mate in loo sadly in a tearful state? (9) |
| GARAM | 31 bringing torment turning up in the morning, sadly in the morning brought up (5,6) |
| QUEENSCOUNSEL | Barrister in New York borough, no use, sadly, in case of criminal |
| BEAUTYCONTEST | Cute toy absent sadly in aesthetic competition |
| DISREPAIR | Rapid rise, sadly, in dilapidation (9) |
| EREWHON | Butler gets nowhere, sadly, in his imaginary state (7) |
