| Futile to resist flu, unfortunately (9) |
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| Is restful, but strangely unproductive (9) |
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| For no result or gain (9) |
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| Useless as a costermonger without stock (9) |
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| Results if wrong can be unproductive (9) |
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| To fluster is to dither about producing nothing (9) |
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| If the tree is barren, it's no good |
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| Idle dates not showing up perhaps |
The Times Cryptic |
16 May 2023 |
| Flusters wildly about newspaper in vain |
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| Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Unproductive ... or, literally, a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
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| If results go astray, efforts may well be |
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| To no avail |
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| Vain. |
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