| ATALOWEBB | Lacking vigour or in a decline |
| ADOLESCENT | One growing old left in a decline |
| EFFETE | Lacking vigour or energy following fundraiser (6) |
| ANAEMIC | Lacking vigour or colour (7) |
| BLOOM | A bluebell, daisy, pansy, pink, sweet pea or other inflorescence; the state of flowering; a rosy glow; a time of greatest beauty, freshness, prosperity or vigour; or, powderiness on chocolate or a fru |
| LAPSE | From "glide, slip", a word for a decline in standards; an error; a failure in attention or memory; a moral fall; the passage of time; or, a stumble (5) |
| SNAP | Vigour or zest; a sudden cold spell; or, dialect for a packed lunch (4) |
| SPIRIT | Word for breath of life; vital principle; the soul; a spectre, such as Dickens's Ghost of Christmas Past; fire, pizzazz, sparkle, vigour or zest; the prevailing cheery, Christmassy or festive mood; or |
| GUSTO | Word, from "taste", for keen relish, liking, vigour or zest; or, the style in which a work of art is executed (5) |
| LANGUID | Lacking in vigour or vitality (7) |
| TONIC | A medicinal substance to give a feeling of vigour or well-being (5) |
| INSIPID | Lacking vigour (7) |
| PEP | American word for 'vigour' or 'energy' (3) |
| ETNA | Mount from Vietnam lacking vigour |
| INERT | Lacking vigour, inactive |
| RETAINER | Advance on army mostly lacking vigour |
| REVIVAL | Restoration of vigour or vitality (7) |
| LIMP | Lacking vigour |
| RUNDOWN | Review lacking vigour (7) |
| LETHARGIC | Lacking vigour (9) |
