Possible Clues:

• Place with ashes scattered around is wretched
• Unlucky to lose leader, splashes out
• Unfortunate -- splashed endlessly around
• He slaps (anag) — unlucky
• Left in terrible shape at end of illness — that's unfortunate
• Wretched hen parties are so topless
• Unfortunate chap becoming cold in such a state
• Unfortunate bumbling pal is caught by: she's escaped
• Piteous
• Poor