| AFOOLSERRAND | A fruitless mission, rum do for Arsenal |
| DOCUDRAMA | It's a rum do, cad wrecking TV programme |
| PARTYSPIRIT | Whisky or rum do, say, with liberal values? (5,6) |
| NOMDEGUERRE | Rum do Greene using an assumed name (3,2,6) |
| AWILDGOOSECHASE | Pursuit of unrestrained nursery rhyme Mother in a fruitless search for what doesn't exist? (1,4,5,5) |
| VESSEL | Boat returning from a fruitless event (6) |
| ATSTRAWS | Resort to a fruitless remedy in desperation (6,2,6) |
| CLUTCH | Resort to a fruitless remedy in desperation (6,2,6) |
| DEADLOSS | A fruitless endeavour (4,4) |
| ERRAND | Fool's ____ , a fruitless undertaking (6) |
| SHINYOBJECT | Metaphorical target of a fruitless pursuit |
| FOOLSERRAND | A fruitless undertaking (5,6) |
| MILKINGTHEBULL | Proverb that describes a fruitless task |
| SPUR | It may encourage one to enter a fruitless pursuit (4) |
| WILDGOOSECHASE | A fruitless pursuit, so each goes off seething at first? (4-5,5) |
| RAMSEY | Aaron, Welsh midfielder for Juventus who previously played for Arsenal (6) |
| CHANTS | Arsenal for Arsenal fans in the stands, say |
| ERAS | Top four for Arsenal, fantastic for periods of time |
| GABRIEL | ____ Jesus plays as a forward for Arsenal and Brazil |
| LESLIECOMPTON | Like his brother Denis, ____ played football for Arsenal and cricket for Middlesex |
