| HARDLYANY | Tough, having left a city very little (6,3) |
| ANYMINUTENOW | A US city, very small, to gain back imminently (3,6,3) |
| GRIMALKIN | Old cat is tough, having a large family (9) |
| RESILIENT | Tough, having to take exam again - about right! |
| INTESTATE | Without having left a will (9) |
| REENTRANT | One who, having left a competition, re-enrols (2-7) |
| HOARD | Amass savings it's tough having to put a hole in (5) |
| PISA | Foreign city very good, having a certain sort of appeal (4) |
| TESTATE | Having left a legacy, established in a gallery (7) |
| LUNATIC | He's mad having left a Parisian with a twitch (7) |
| HAGGARD | Tough, having to accept gag cracking when run down (7) |
| CHEWY | Tough having to cut through country's borders (5) |
| ROBUST | Tough having part of transport network in decay |
| HOODLUM | It's tough having horrible mould on small house (7) |
| BATHOS | City, very large, giving a sense of anticlimax (6) |
| SEVERELY | Cut little city very hard (8) |
| ALEPPO | Foreign city very quiet, as a lion circulates (6) |
| CAMELOT | Visited frequently having left a castle (7) |
| LATEST | Like final person appearing, having left a big game (6) |
| CLUE | Prompt, having left a hint |
