| ASSAD | Americans discontented with tragic president (5) |
| EDICT | Rewrite with tragic ending in order |
| SPRAT | Took a seat to hug partner, discontented with fish |
| THE | Article on sheep with the bachelor party going along with tragic boycott on lubricant leading to 3Dn's 18Dn 27Ac (3,7,3,4,3,3,5,5,3) |
| STAGAND | Article on sheep with the bachelor party going along with tragic boycott on lubricant leading to 3Dn's 18Dn 27Ac (3,7,3,4,3,3,5,5,3) |
| BLACKBLACKOIL | Article on sheep with the bachelor party going along with tragic boycott on lubricant leading to 3Dn's 18Dn 27Ac (3,7,3,4,3,3,5,5,3) |
| THECHEVIOTTHE | Article on sheep with the bachelor party going along with tragic boycott on lubricant leading to 3Dn's 18Dn 27Ac (3,7,3,4,3,3,5,5,3) |
| MACBETH | Scientist accepting gamble in play with tragic results |
| CLEARANCE | Space and opportunity to replace Henry with tragic king |
| ACOUSTICGUITAR | Unexpectedly cautious with tragic instrument (8,6) |
| TSHAPED | Like some junctions with tragic deaths primarily prevented (1-6) |
| ANTIGONE | Against having gone with tragic Greek (8) |
| YEARNER | Salaryman discontented with his lot? |
| RECOUP | Compensate Robert Mugabe, discontented with military takeover (6) |
| DRAMATIC | Theatrical drummer discontented with violin concerto's introduction (8) |
| FRACTION | Bit familiar, being discontented with director's instruction (8) |
| NOVELISTS | Writers of no value discontented with catalogues (9) |
| DETRACTOR | Harsh critic in debate "discontented" with vehicle |
| ORATOR | 21 specialist artist discontented with gold frames |
| DHAL | Dutch admiral discontented with lentil dish |
