| ATROPHY | Wasting first-class prize (7) |
| EMPEROR | Paddy wasting first gold sovereign (7) |
| ROSETTE | Mechanical learning secures class prize (7) |
| ONTHEGO | After wasting first of January, say, I become very active |
| TOPDRAWER | First-class prize fund to be raised (3-6) |
| CLEVER | First class prize, we're told, shows one's quite bright (6) |
| TURIN | Retire, wasting first night initially in Italian city |
| TREASURY | Arrest guy stupidly wasting first of government funds |
| WREST | Snatch the others after wasting first (5) |
| TETANUS | Ate nuts after wasting disease (7) |
| LACONIC | Wasting few words on Tory layabout? (7) |
| IMPETUS | One politician to sue, wasting time in Momentum (7) |
| ODDNESS | Do end wasting two dollars on peculiarity (7) |
| PROGRAM | Software Roger and Pam designed, wasting energy (7) |
| FORBEAR | Ancestor, wasting energy, creates refrain (7) |
| OKINAWA | Old family abroad, wasting year in Japanese island (7) |
| RETINUE | Followers develop routine, wasting oxygen and energy (7) |
| NEATENS | Cleans up under chickens, wasting two hours (7) |
| CALORIE | Heat unit wasting coal on Rhine occasionally (7) |
| REVERIE | Daydreaming endlessly in office, wasting time (7) |
