| HYDROGEN | Element is hard, having gone dry, sadly (8) |
| RADISH | It is hard having to make it hot |
| SEVERELY | Hard having some receiving last of wage for a year (8) |
| HARRIDAN | She can make it rain, hard, having a sharp tongue (8) |
| MEGALITH | Hard having up to a stone to lift - but this stone's much heavier! (8) |
| PORTWINE | Drink a double, and think hard, having drunk it |
| BUSTAGUT | Work hard, having to pull on boat facing backwards |
| CHROMIUM | Which element is added to steel to make it stainless? (8) |
| GOODNESS | Nourishing element is amazing! (8) |
| ANTIMONY | Element is against cash - no euro (8) |
| CHLORINE | Which gaseous element is used as a powerful bleaching agent (8) |
| EVAPORATES | "Gone dry... gone into thin air!" raved a poet distressed. (10) |
| STRING | Looking hard, having lost a thread (6) |
| DOSH | Parties hard, having the wherewithal? (4) |
| BEAVERAWAY | Work hard having got rid of rodent? (6,4) |
| IOMOTH | US flier's test gets hard, having passed moon (2,4) |
| OILED | Worked hard, having no time to get lubricated |
| TROVE | Tried hard, having brought out spades - what might be buried? |
| THEME | Hard having to cut two notes in melody |
| PRACTISED | Trained hard, having acted in the legal profession (9) |
