| EVERT | The first lady, as a last resort, may turn outwards |
| OHMARY | Broadway show that depicts a first lady as a "hard-drinking cabaret-star-wannabe" |
| SUNSPOT | Tabloid view of what a holiday resort may be (7) |
| TAKEN | A Kent resort may be captured |
| ABANDONSHIP | A group working small joint as a last resort (7,4) |
| PISALLER | Phrase from French for a course of action taken as a last resort (3,5) |
| FALSTAFF | Part of Henry IV, as a last resort, included in some folios |
| FINAL | Force - considering everything - to be curtailed as a last resort |
| BACKSTOP | Defenders close to Best getting extra support as a last resort (8) |
| INDESPERATION | At home, change speed - share as a last resort (2,11) |
| DESPERATE | Willing to take risks fearlessly as a last resort |
| INEXTREMIS | Regrettably intermixes as a last resort (2,8) |
| NEEDBE | If _______ (only as a last resort) |
| SORT | Classify some items as a last resort (4) |
| ELSE | If all ___ fails, as a last resort (4) |
| DESPERATELY | As a last resort |
| SCRAPETHEBARREL | Rector packing bemused preacher's table to use as a last resort (6,3,6) |
| EIDERDOWN | I had earmarked the lady, as a Londoner might say, for cover (9) |
| TENDERLY | In a kind way offer to go with lady as a daughter leaves (8) |
| GAL | Young lady, as a square dance caller might say |
