| BLIGHT | After a bad start, minor crop infection (6) |
| CAVEAT | The dog is no liability after a bad start (6) |
| ABLAZE | Burning with fresh zeal after a bad start (6) |
| BISHOP | After a bad start, is half-hoping to see primate, perhaps |
| STUMBLINGBLOCKS | These had been a hindrance, but, finally, water's cascading down, after a bad start, through canal gates |
| BEHAVIOUR | After a bad start, I have our disorderly conduct under control (9) |
| ANGUISH | After a bad start, wish aloud to end the pain! (7) |
| BETRAYS | Informs on the struggling stayer after a bad start (7) |
| BRUIN | Bear disaster after a bad start |
| BEND | Bow at the finish, after a bad start |
| BADMINTON | Herb, after a bad start, is catching on to this game (9) |
| TRIBAL | Of the people making a bad start in a test (6) |
| ANIMUS | Problem in pirouettes after a bad feeling (6) |
| ABORTS | Calls off a bad start with rotten sort (6) |
| ABLOOM | A bad start for gents with 1,000 covered in flowers (6) |
| ARTIST | It's a bad start getting one caught in the drawer (6) |
| CRITIC | After a bad performance, he may give in his notice |
| APPEAL | What to do after a bad ruling |
| GUNSHY | Wary after a bad experience |
| GROANS | Sounds after a bad joke |
