| LAIDWASTE | Devastated at having contributed to the egg mountain? (4,5) |
| SCRAMBLE | Move awkwardly - to do this to the eggs? |
| ROE | Or go back and point to the eggs |
| ISSAC | _ Dingle, Dales youngster devastated at the death of Minty the lamb (5) |
| BOBHOPE | Emmerdale bloke devastated at the death of his son Heath (3,4) |
| DONATED | University lecturer, a man, having contributed (7) |
| ASH | She was devastated at the death of her brother Jags Panesar in EastEnders (3,4) |
| KAUR | She was devastated at the death of her brother Jags Panesar in EastEnders (3,4) |
| ARI | ___ Parata, devastated at the loss of Mia's baby in Home and Away (3) |
| GRANT | Vicky _, devastated at the death of her crush Ethan Williams in Hollyoaks (5) |
| SAILORHAT | Devastated at hair-loss, finally removed headgear |
| KEOGH | Casualty medic devastated at his ex-wife Sam Nicholls' death (5) |
| DYLAN | Casualty medic devastated at his ex-wife Sam Nicholls' death (5) |
| EVELYN | Corrie lady devastated at her pet Cerberus's demise (6,7) |
| PLUMMER | Corrie lady devastated at her pet Cerberus's demise (6,7) |
| DAVY | Cornish chemist whose invention of a firedamp safety lamp decreased the number of fatalities of miners and contributed to the progression of the industrialisation of Britain (4) |
| SAMUELMORSE | US painter and inventor who contributed to the invesntion of the first electric telegraph in the 1830s (6,5) |
| LEAD | Also called plumbum, a toxic element whose use in everyday life by the Ancient Romans is said by some to have contributed to the empire's downfall (4) |
| RANKIN | Although known for creating the sleuth Rebus, who also contributed to the collection Murder on Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season (2017) |
| WATER | Shortages of this contributed to the hardship at Gallipoli (5) |
