| HEAVENLY | Wonderful cast showing effort, but missing Oscar |
| EXERTION | Exercise sanction when only outside-halves are showing effort (8) |
| AIRBORNE | Draft on Borneo missing Oscar in flight (8) |
| MCDANIEL | Hattie with a mysteriously missing Oscar |
| DWELLERS | Subjects missing Oscar succeed reflecting on society |
| HOMESICK | In under par, but missing one's original place (8) |
| BUSTAGUT | Make a strenuous effort, "but houses only for men" you said (4,1,3) |
| UNCTION | Role with fine cast showing affected charm |
| TENSENESS | Sense nets being cast showing strain upon the nerves |
| DEATHMASK | Cast showing absence of life (5,4) |
| ODIN | Sculptor with initial cast showing ruler in Asgard |
| FLAUNTING | Relative in the cast showing off (9) |
| STROVE | Made an effort, but the best end got overcooked |
| ALLOT | Making every effort, but failing to secure university grant |
| GOFORBROKE | Make all-or-nothing effort, but smashed after attack |
| STRAIN | We make a violent effort but the train's gone out (6) |
| TRIED | Made an effort, but produced an irritating effect (5) |
| WHOSWHO | Book group (8), but missing the show, sadly (4,3) |
| ALL | Made a great effort, but was still left without any more players (3,3) |
| OUT | Made a great effort, but was still left without any more players (3,3) |
