Mephisto 2944

[pomona]

14d Proceed with minimum effort? That's sensible along the shore (9)
?OA??????
16d What could be Clare's spring-cleaning exercise? (8) CL??????

[scorpiojo]

Coast wise
Clear out (out as the anagram indicator)

[pomona]

Thank you scorpiojo

[scorpiojo]

You're welcome.

[BigBearGreyHair]

16D Clear-out - it's trying to be a reverse anagram indicator: if "clear out" was in the clue, one might come to Clare plus you might "clear-out" stuff in the spring. Might. Somewhat iffy, I thought.

[Toorak]

Coastwise