| SIGNIFICANT | Crucial pointer, should my ability prove insufficient |
| FALLSHORT | Prove insufficient |
| AMONKEYS | Should my sibling adopt that mischievous child ... (3,2,1,7,5) |
| ILLBE | Should my sibling adopt that mischievous child ... (3,2,1,7,5) |
| UNCLE | Should my sibling adopt that mischievous child ... (3,2,1,7,5) |
| ASBESTIC | Resisting heat to the maximum of my ability, without an ending |
| MEMORY | More about my ability to recall things (6) |
| SIGNIFICANTOTHER | Complete the contract on condition of my ability to add that woman as lover |
| COSTARICAN | Native of Central America, don't question my ability to act with you! |
| UNABLE | Having insufficient strength or ability (to do something) |
| UNDERVESTS | Lays out insufficient money, disregarding trendy items of clothing |
| ROT | Ideas without sense, insufficient for mindless repetition (3) |
| UNDERFED | Refunded members who had been given insufficient food |
| SPIRITS | Alcohol's an insufficient slant on prison uprising (7) |
| GUESSER | One with insufficient grounds to express an opinion |
| IGNORANT | I concede, having admitted small number with insufficient know-how (8) |
| JURIST | Barely covering the fundamentals of rules, insufficient for legal expert (6) |
| CREW | Gang insufficient for railway junction (4) |
| SLEAZE | The naughtiness of showing insufficient zeal at a jumble sale (6) |
| BRAS | Insufficient money for supporters (4) |
