| GOTOSEED | To deteriorate, especially through neglect |
| IGNORE | Region going to pot through neglect (6) |
| GOTOPOT | Deteriorate through neglect (2,2,3) |
| HYGIENE | Practices conducive to maintaining health, especially through cleanliness (7) |
| DERELICT | Unsafe through neglect (8) |
| FESTER | Get worse through neglect |
| GOESTOPOT | Deteriorates through neglect (4,2,3) |
| SEALANE | Shipping route, especially through congested waters (3,4) |
| DOTARD | Person who is weak-minded, especially through senility (6) |
| SEPSIS | Blood poisoning, especially through infection of a wound (6) |
| RAISETHEROOF | Make a great deal of noise, especially through cheering (5,3,4) |
| CATHARSIS | Purification of the emotions by vicarious experience, especially through drama |
| EUGENICS | Science concerned with improvement of a species' hereditary characteristics, especially through selective breeding (8) |
| BLUNDER | Make a gross or stupid mistake, especially through carelessness or mental confusion. (7) |
| EARNED | Gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort. (6) |
| CYBERSPACE | The environment for electronic communication, especially through the internet (10) |
| TRANSPIRATION | Loss of water from a plant in the form of vapour, especially through the stomata of the leaves (13) |
| DEGENERATE | The editor returns to produce and then to deteriorate as a result |
| LETSLIDE | Allow to deteriorate |
| ERODE | Start to deteriorate |
