| PTBARNUM | Who said "Without promotion, something terrible happens ... nothing!" |
| INTHENICKOFTIME | Imprisoned frequently, I am free finally -- just before something terrible happens? (2,3,4,2,4) |
| BUGBEAR | Computer error has to produce something terrible |
| BANE | Something terrible |
| THEPITS | Something terrible |
| MINISTER | Cabinet member to manage without promotion |
| DRESS | Put on clothes where you live without promotion |
| LYRICAL | Poetic style is radically different without promotion (7) |
| RANCOUR | Soldier without promotion, we hear, shows bitterness (7) |
| OVERBLOWN | Nothing's said without a personal fifteen |
| REELEDOFF | Back always taken away, it's said, without difficulty (6,3) |
| STRAIGHT | Narrow passage, it is said, without a bend |
| SLIPPEDOUT | "Left" was said without thinking (7,3) |
| DAI | His name can be said without a hiss |
| INVAIN | Where blood flows, it's said, without effectiveness (2,4) |
| MIAOW | What Persian said without purpose the wrong way (5) |
| MMHMM | "Yes" said without opening the mouth |
| DRYEYED | Sardonic I'd said without crying (3-4) |
| LONESOME | Fail to advance entirely, it’s said, without company |
| SHORTSIGHTED | Squat maybe located, it's said, without planning (5-7) |
