| 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 |
| BEERMAT | May be a term misapplied to what may be under a pint (4,3) |
| WILLIAM | A pear, a matter of volition, aim being misapplied (7) |
| DEFICIT | A shortfall will occur if edict is misapplied (7) |
| LYINGIN | ___ ruins: being overthrown or fallen? (5,2) |
| AZTEC | New Mexico's ___ Ruins National Monument |
| LIESIN | ___ ___ ruins: is overthrown or fallen? (4,2) |
| LIEIN | ___ ___ ruins : be overthrown or fallen ? (3,2) |
| ADAM | "___ Ruins Everything" (show that debunks common misconceptions) |
| RUSTY | The ___ Ruins (abandoned, decayed city in the "Uglies" universe) |
| 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) |
