| DOWNTHERATHOLE | For a worthless purpose |
| ROTTER | Rubbish expression mostly for a worthless person (6) |
| RAGDOLL | Fund-raising swindle, two pounds for a worthless toy |
| SWAB | Small piece of gauze for a worthless fellow (4) |
| WRITEOFF | Term for a cancellation of a bad debt; a car damaged beyond repair, thus accepted as a total loss; an ineffectual person; or, a worthless thing (5-3) |
| CUR | From the Old Norse for "grumble, growl", word for a shepherd's dog or watchdog first, but now a worthless mutt or vicious mongrel; or, a cowardly, despicable or detestable scoundrel (3) |
| RIP | A tear or rent in cloth or paper; a worthless thing; a strong tidal current; or, a dissolute character (3) |
| TOWER | "You're the Nile; You're the ... of Pisa; You're the smile; On the Mona Lisa; I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop; But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top" |
| TOTAL | "You're the Nile; you're the Tower of Pisa; You're the smile on the Mona Lisa; I'm a worthless check, a ... wreck, a flop; But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top" |
| NEER | A ___ do well: a worthless person. (4) |
| LEMON | A fruit; a worthless item |
| CURTAIL | Dock a feature of a worthless dog (7) |
| MUSTANG | Does a worthless person have to be a wild horse? (7) |
| MUGSGAME | Fools finding badminton, for example, a worthless activity (4,4) |
| SLAPONTHEWRIST | A worthless pint drunk brings a mild reprimand (4,2,3,5) |
| CURT | A worthless one takes tea in a rudely abrupt manner (4) |
| TOSS | A worthless leaving |
| BAGGAGE | Travelling grips a worthless woman (7) |
| ABADEGG | A worthless person |
| TOERAG | A worthless person (coll) (6) |
