| DEADTIRED | Trade died badly, if workers were so weary |
| EDWARDI | English king died, badly cut by brutal revolutionary (6,1) |
| MORRISMEN | Former Cowley workers were makers of traditional jigs |
| GOODGRAVY | "The biscuits were so-so, but that was some seriously ___." |
| NOLLEKENS | A famously parsimonious and eccentric sculptor of busts, whose idiosyncrasies were so well-known that they were recorded in a biography penned by his former assistant, John Thomas "Antiquity" Smith (9 |
| PIGHEADED | Revolting animals were so stubborn |
| AGEOFGOLD | Fabulous time when we were so successful at the Olympics? (3,2,4) |
| WEARISOME | Unfortunately, I am and we're so dull (9) |
| GROUNDSTAFF | The airport workers were ex mill workers? (6,5) |
| APIARIST | One who suffers if workers are idle? (8) |
| LORD | Gordon Lightfoot and Terry Whelan "___ I'm So Weary" |
| TIRED | At getting so weary, gets clothed (5) |
| WASANYGOOD | "They blame their tools: why did the carpenter make the bed so badly, if he ____?" (Galen) |
| DARTED | Bad trade died when hurried |
| CRUSTACEAN | Woodlouse, say, can react badly if interrupted by us |
| ESCUDO | Old money does badly, if copper is involved (6) |
| SCRAPE | Play the fiddle badly if there's a predicament (6) |
| REGISTER | Regret badly, if is put in record (8) |
| BLACKFRIDAY | Time for shopping - badly, if rack damaged (5,6) |
| DECORATIONS | Rosie can't do badly if they're hung at Christmas (11) |
