| GONERIL | Woman evil, not half, to someone leaving life behind |
| PASSSENTENCE | Condemn to die, with one leaving life (4,8) |
| DISINFECT | Make pure woman evil following shocking treatment |
| LILITH | Early woman, evil ultimately - I left husband, it is gathered |
| THEBREAKAWAY | 2023 Jennifer Weiner bestseller about possibly leaving an established life behind: 2 wds. |
| INSIDESTORY | First-hand account of life behind bars? |
| WED | Leave the single life behind |
| JOKE | Little woman eager (not half) to get something in cracker |
| GUTTERPRESS | Peter's struggling (not half) to adapt to disreputable journalism? (6,5) |
| AVIATE | Volunteers coming up in a capital (not half) to fly (6) |
| CLOTHO | One fate in preference (not half) - to another? |
| DERIGUEUR | I urged Europe, not half, to change - it's obligatory |
| STAMPACT | Sudden rush, not half, to get agreement for piece of legislation |
| COIN | Agree not half to make money (4) |
| EUGENE | Russian dandy in our community disappeared full of energy (not half) to have drink (6,6) |
| AMERICANEAGLE | Bird in the morning by heather then wanted, not half, to cross silver lake |
| MALEFIC | Evil (not that I expect you to use this often) |
| ENMITY | Evil, not men's hatred |
| LIVE | Terrible evil not recorded (4) |
| MOSAIC | Second evil, not brown but bright design (6) |
