### Clue: However, nearly everyone finished without recipe (8)
### Answer: ALTHOUGH 
 ### Explanation: Definition: However
 "all"(everyone) **minus its last letter**(nearly …) + "through"(finished, as in "we're through having to support him") **minus**(without) "r"(abbrev. for "recipe", as in medicine prescriptions).
Answer: As in "he claims to be generous, although I haven't seen any evidence of it".