| TOBESURE | Our best sadly inadequate in the end, I admit |
| CEDE | Turnover last month is inadequate in the end for sacrifice (4) |
| POE | Writer of a short story that ends, "I admit the deed!-tear up the planks! here, here!-It is the beating of his hideous heart!" |
| COMPARTMENT | Remark about LibDems, say, being inadequate in the chamber |
| TOOKTHEEDGEOFF | "I clung onto the eaves for a while, but in the end I ___" |
| INTERNED | In the end I contrived to catch the bird and caged it |
| ENID | In the end I get the girl |
| INCREASED | Added to the silly scare that in the end I quashed (9) |
| INCITED | In the end I, anyhow, caught it for having been the instigator (7) |
| RIFLED | Sacked by supervisor in the end, I did a runner (6) |
| INTENDED | Having meant to look after, in the end I bust |
| UTAH | State you visit in the end, I understand |
| RIPER | Wiser in the end, I turn out mature (5) |
| FINIAL | In the end I make a topping ornament (6) |
| FINICAL | In the end, I see, bit too fussy |
| INSTILLED | Yet in the end, I somehow got it into their heads (9) |
| YAWN | Way back when? In the end, I couldn't care less |
| ORIGAMI | In the end, I'm back with a cycle race for Italians with Japanese decoration (7) |
| NITROGEN | Having recalled iron in the end, I start to remember another metal element (8) |
| SINEDIE | The end, i.e., is without a set time |