| ANIMALHUSBANDRY | This, if misapplied - ruins a handy lamb? (6,9) |
| ESCAPEMECHANISM | Henry, in a specimen case, misapplied male psychological process (6,9) |
| COMMUNITYSCHOOL | Where lessons are held for locals, touch is commonly misapplied (9,6) |
| INSURANCEBROKER | Underwriter somehow ruins a new church with less money? (9,6) |
| TEARONESHAIROUT | Engineer ruins a heater too? Feel extreme desperation (4,4,4,3) |
| MISAPPROPRIATED | Misapplied |
| MISUNDERSTANDED | Misapplied |
| WILLIAM | A pear, a matter of volition, aim being misapplied (7) |
| DEFICIT | A shortfall will occur if edict is misapplied (7) |
| BEERMAT | May be a term misapplied to what may be under a pint (4,3) |
| EARLYBIRD | English ribaldry misapplied for a lark (5,4) |
| MISANTHROPIC | Point is, charm can be misapplied if so distrustful of men (12) |
| INFECTS | If scent is misapplied, it makes one ill (7) |
| DESIRE | A wish for reed is misapplied (6) |
| DISDAIN | Contempt for a sin did get misapplied (7) |
| ITS | Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe |
| FURORE | Wild excitement for a street in Paris is misapplied (6) |
| SPOILER | The bit in a review of a book or film which utterly ruins a twist in the plot |
| RAINS | Ruins a picnic or a Little League game, say |
| DESTROYS | Ruins a dress around a new toy (8) |
