| BREADANDBUTTER | Study in guesthouse, say, to make a living (5-3-6) |
| THEGOODODEDAYS | Best time for poets to make a living? |
| ELBOWROOM | Push Othello, say, to make a comeback in play |
| IMPRESS | What a journalist may say to make a mark? |
| FORTUNETELLERS | Looking forward, they make a living from it (7,7) |
| EKE | To add to as to make sufficient / manage to make a living with difficulty |
| ENDEAVOUR | Goal always. they say, to make a determined effort (9) |
| ARCHITECTURE | Thrice curate in turn, a constructive way to make a living (12) |
| EKEOUT | Contrive to make (a living) (3,3) |
| PERVERSE | Difficult way for a poet to make a living (8) |
| EKED | Managed with difficulty to make a living in the Kedleston area. (4) |
| LEARN | Train student to make a living (5) |
| MASSEUR | In the parlour he kneads to make a living! (7) |
| EARN | Student leaves study to make a living (4) |
| JUDGE | One who tries to make a living - Rinder or Dredd (5) |
| SWINDLER | He has to lie to make a living (8) |
| LAPOFHONOUR | Turn for friend of king, say, to make triumphal circuit (3,2,6) |
| OPERA | Horse given to Aida, say, to make film of the Wild West (5) |
| REPAIR | Go to resort, say, to make amends (6) |
| TRYING | It's annoying to find this in pantry in guesthouse |
