| ABSENTEES | The more there are, the fewer are there |
| WASTE | The more there are, the fewer there are (9) |
| VICENZA | This Italian city is famous as the home of the 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and his successor Vincenzo Scamozzi. Some of the most notable Palladian structures there are the Basilica (1549-16 |
| CROSSCODE | The fewer the hits, the more successful it's been! (5,5,4) |
| GREEN | The fewer the hits, the more successful it's been! (5,5,4) |
| OFAOLAIN | Are You Somebody? and Almost There are the memoirs of which Irish writer who died in 2008? (8) |
| MERCILESS | Thanks to the French, fewer are without compassion (9) |
| NAKED | Daughter taken off, girl following: there are the bare facts (5,5) |
| JOBLESS | One task the fewer for the unemployed (7) |
| MIDNIGHT | One time when there are the most strikes (8) |
| NEEDS | The fewer you have the less you want |
| HASPS | Does have an addendum and there are the catches (5) |
| RHEOMETER | Flow gauge used more there (9) |
| REPRESENT | Once more there to act as proxy (9) |
| SOANDSOS | Therefore, as well as a cry for help, there are the lowlifes (2-3-3) |
| STRESSLESS | Emphasise fewer are relaxed (10) |
| SPOTLESS | Notice fewer are really clean (8) |
| STATELESS | Assert fewer are without a home country (9) |
| RESTORE | Once more there's stock to replace (7) |
| EWER | Fewer are beheaded for carrying water |
