| INURED | I've been ruined yet hardened by the experience (6) |
| EVIDENT | It's obvious I've been ruined by the depression (7) |
| BAKED | Hardened by the heat of the sun (5) |
| GAINED | Got in and aged and was profited by the experience (6) |
| ATTORNEY | Ruined - yet ran to a lawyer (8) |
| SCARRED | Permanently damaged, ... by the experience |
| EASED | Ed goes to sea and is comforted by the experience |
| MISERY | My rise has been ruined because of the depression (6) |
| HEADON | One had been ruined by this kind of crash (4-2) |
| BRIEFS | Pants' fibres have been ruined (6) |
| RHEUMY | Like mucus hey? Rum has been ruined (6) |
| CALLUS | Area of skin hardened by friction (6) |
| AGHAST | Shocked a good hat's been ruined |
| GEORGE | French writer who spent three months in Mallorca during the winter 1838/39 and wrote a book about the experience (6,4) |
| WISDOM | Do swim at sea to have the experience (6) |
| RELISH | I get left with hers but I enjoy the experience (6) |
| ENDIVE | I've been first to finish the chicory (6) |
| DEJAVU | The experience of thinking that a new situation has occurred before (4,2) |
| TASTED | Had the experience of a heartening, fantastic educated guess |
| BEFORE | This is the first time I've been aware of a lass being fond of you, according to 24Dn 19Dn (3,5,5,1,4,4,3,6) |