| SPIRO | VP is poor selection, nothing less. (5) |
| NEEDY | To be born, only to start dying, is poor (5) |
| DROSS | It's sordid, a bit backward, and is poor quality (5) |
| MOULT | Fur is poor imitation you hear later (5) |
| SCHOOLREPORT | English is good, Irish is very good, and French is poor? Overall, it's a masterpiece! (6,6) |
| THIRDRATE | That drier spinning is poor-quality (5-4) |
| THIN | To use one’s brain less than fully is poor |
| ECONOMIZING | Sign income is poor acquiring nothing - likely thing in a recession? (11) |
| TIMONOFATHENS | Shakespeare play about a man who wastes his money on friends who abandon him when he is poor (5,2,6) |
| GOPHER | Its tunnel vision is poor |
| DEADSPOT | Where cell service is poor |
| LAME | Such an excuse is poor, fabricated stuff (4) |
| DEPOSITOR | Ted is poor, no longer a bank customer (9) |
| EMISSARY | One sent off to sea: "Sir, my condition is poor" (8) |
| DESTITUTE | Discordant duet I test, which is poor (9) |
| DIET | You can snuff it prematurely if this is poor (4) |
| TRAGEDIAN | Writer who is poor at reading (9) |
| SCORPIO | Is poor car getting a run out abroad a Ford model? |
| BIOMORPH | Living form as decoration is poor - start to blot him out |
| REALITYCHECK | Sobering fact: literacy is poor, dammit |
