| HONEYCOMB | Source of sweetness hard to come by on manoeuvres (9) |
| MARCHPARKING | Something hard to come by on Fifth Avenue on St. Patrick's Day? |
| SEAT | One might be hard to come by on a crowded subway |
| GADGET | Come by on ramble bringing device |
| HOTTICKET | All the rage and hard to come by |
| BEEKEEPER | Last of lime preserve put into bitter drink as source of sweetness? |
| BEETSUGAR | A big blow in retirement cutting drink, source of sweetness? (4,5) |
| SUGARCANE | Angus turned up with mysterious source of sweetness (5,4) |
| SUGARBEET | A source of sweetness, but grease could emerge from it (5,4) |
| LUMPSUGAR | Pat, my darling, chunky piece of sweetness (4,5) |
| WHITELIES | Fibs a little bit to come by Oriental remains (5,4) |
| SCARCE | Vehicle blocking middle of descent, so hard to come by (6) |
| SPARSE | Fights to get point hard to come by (6) |
| RARE | Runs happen to be hard to come by (4) |
| RARITY | Try and get the right kind of air! It's hard to come by! |
| OUTOFPRINT | Hard to come by, in a way |
| TIGHT | Mean with money when it's hard to come by |
| STAFF | Strong poles are endlessly hard to come by (5) |
| CORNISH | English grain is hard to come by (7) |
| INSHORTSUPPLY | Briefly, flexibly and hard to come by (2,5,6) |
