| STOLID | I'd lost but managed to look impassive about it (6) |
| DRAUGHTY | Impassive about anything at all letting in current? |
| STOICAL | Impassive about the cost, I change a pound (7) |
| BRIDGE | Brigade lost one character, but managed to find a way to cross a river (6) |
| ELUDED | Ed was forced into a duel but managed to avoid it artfully (6) |
| REARED | Are in debt, but managed to bring up the children (6) |
| ARRANT | Unqualified but managed to split paintings (6) |
| STRAWS | Clutch them when all looks lost, but avoid the short one! (6) |
| CASINO | Where a lot of money is lost, but turns up on one's account (6) |
| ROWENA | One girl has a quarrel with another - one war is lost but several are won (6) |
| ADRIFT | Raft I'd lost at sea |
| TOLERATE | Had to alter first eleven, but managed to put up with it (8) |
| LOCATED | Loved, lost heart but managed to place Tom instead (7) |
| OVERATE | Had too much on one's plate -- but managed to deal with it! (7) |
| RANCHER | He has a spread, but managed to be dear to the French (7) |
| FOUGHTOFF | Was repulsive, but managed to win attack (6,3) |
| TYRANNISED | Cruelly treated, but managed to break vicious destiny |
| GOTBY | Some forgot bypass, but managed to survive (5) |
| AGED | I'm old but managed to knock man out (4) |
| EACAPED | Was spaced out, at the end, but managed to get away (7) |
