| OWE | There's nothing you and I ought to pay (3) |
| TOUGHITOUT | Tout and I ought to circulate to endure stoically (5,2,3) |
| FINE | Good that 17 ought to pay (4) |
| GODUTCH | Poor CD - ought to pay only half |
| WOE | Misery is nothing you and I can circumvent (3) |
| OWED | Was obliged to pay nothing, you and I, on the day (4) |
| WOEBEGONE | Carrying nothing, you and I go away! It's sad |
| INSULIN | At home with nothing, you and me turning to a hormone (7) |
| IMPOSE | I'm of the attitude that I ought to set it as a task |
| CHOOSIER | "I ought to be a bit ____, but I just like working" (Charles Dance in a 2023 interview) |
| GOWITHOUT | Playing, I ought to win from the start, but give up (2,7) |
| LIGHTS | Say what? I ought to punch your ___ out! (6) |
| AUDIO | Fraud I ought to make out as sound (5) |
| THINAIR | It's nothing you can get acclimatised to (4,3) |
| DEBEO | I owe, I ought |
| ANEND | Proverb saying nothing you enjoy lasts for ever (3,4,6,4,2,2,3) |
| COMETO | Proverb saying nothing you enjoy lasts for ever (3,4,6,4,2,2,3) |
| ALLGOOD | Proverb saying nothing you enjoy lasts for ever (3,4,6,4,2,2,3) |
| THINGS | Proverb saying nothing you enjoy lasts for ever (3,4,6,4,2,2,3) |
| DROPOUTS | Medico chooses to include nothing; you say they abandon the course (8) |