| ASSTATED | Terribly sad about nation, per what was said before (2,6) |
| EMIRATES | Country with a population of around 10 million, but only 1.5 million of whom are citizens; among the wealthiest nations per capita (6,4,8) |
| UNITEDARAB | Country with a population of around 10 million, but only 1.5 million of whom are citizens; among the wealthiest nations per capita (6,4,8) |
| EATONESWORDS | Retract what was said before (3,4,5) |
| NONSEQUITUR | Reply that has no relevance to what was said before (3,8) |
| DOUBT | Don't believe what was said before but uncertain |
| TOOKBACK | Retracted what was said about it's being non-returnable? |
| REPORTED | What was said about peep show in Dorchester (8,6) |
| HOWSTHAT | Appeal what was said? (4,4) |
| OVERHEAR | Catch what was said of Americans in Britain (8) |
| WITHDREW | Retracted what was said, - his claims |
| LISTENED | Surprisingly silent, Ed paid attention to what was said (8) |
| RECANTED | Unsaid what was said to end trace of it (8) |
| MISQUOTE | Almost fail to notice citation that's a distortion of what was said |
| DALLAS | Where everybody was terribly sad about a murder (6) |
| ISOLATED | It's terribly sad - Eliot is all alone, off the beaten track (8) |
| THEDUMPS | Terribly sad now dud shipment moved (4,2,3,5) |
| TADPOLES | Terribly sad poet holding fifty little wrigglers |
| DALES | They're naturally depressed, being terribly sad about the French (5) |
| AWARDS | It's terribly sad about the war medals (6) |
