| TRIBUTE | Praise for people holding out, losing nothing (7) |
| MISDEAL | Married ladies stirred up trouble for people holding hands |
| MITTEN | Sort of glove for people holding struggling bird (6) |
| EMERSON | Coming out, losing one friend to Thoreau (7) |
| EARNEST | Arden set out, losing five hundred deposit (7) |
| REPLACE | People holding record ultimately fail to succeed (7) |
| THEOREM | Proposition those people holding mineral (7) |
| MAILERS | People holding on to secrets |
| INVERSE | English version losing nothing in translation? The opposite (7) |
| THEREBY | Be revolutionary in speculation, losing nothing as a result of that (7) |
| INSIDER | Corrupt imprisoned politician expelled, losing nothing, is one in the know (7) |
| DELUDED | Taken in, noisy, losing nothing indeed (7) |
| THROUGH | Complete, losing nothing from end to end (7) |
| UPSTAGE | Draw attention away from unsatisfactory postage, losing nothing (7) |
| INDORSE | Support within losing nothing oriental (7) |
| SMILING | Sing about Milo losing nothing and grinning (7) |
| SALUTES | Acknowledges retail target, holding out to lose nothing (7) |
| CURIOUS | Strange wretch is holding out for the most part (7) |
| MCENROE | Criminal once more losing nothing - he often argued with the court's judges (7) |
| VERMEER | Artist changing evermore, losing nothing |
