| ROCKBOTTOM | The very lowest (4-6) |
| NADIR | The very lowest drain, perhaps (5) |
| JUSTINTIME | At the very last moment (4,2,4) |
| DEADCENTRE | Note following late small change at the very heart of things (4,6) |
| LASTMINUTE | Continue in force with the very tiny and final period of time (4,6) |
| BABYSITTER | Part-time occupation for the very young model? (4-6) |
| MASTERMIND | Teacher to take care of the very brainy one (6-4) |
| JUSTTHEJOB | The very thing left by critical attack when the axe drops? (4,3,3) |
| JUSTINCASE | The very latest arrival, for example, on trial as a precaution (4,2,4) |
| EVERYTHING | The very gin drunk by the lot (10) |
| NETHERMOST | Disturb the monster at the very bottom (10) |
| THEYEARDOT | Date theory developed from the very beginning? (3,4,3) |
| FROMDAYONE | Strat on Sunday, say, at the very beginning (4,3,3) |
| TOREMEMBER | Down went Titanic in the darkness: unforgettable as the very picture of it! (1,5,2,8) |
| SALMAHAYEK | 1997 Best Actress nominee and 2023 Oscars presenter; her 15-year-old daughter wore the very same dress at this year's event that she wore for the 1997 ceremony |
| STICKITOUT | Put up with project about the very thing |
| PRIMORDIAL | Existing at the very beginning |
| KENNELCLUB | Wherein only the very best, best friends officially gather |
| EVENTUALLY | In the very end (10) |
| PERVERSITY | Contradiction of the very ripest being raw (10) |
