| RECORDBREAKER | Log wave as the new best |
| MONSTERSINC | First Pixar movie nominated for the new Best Animated Feature Oscar |
| CHERRYPICKING | Selecting only the best (6-7) |
| BREAKINGYARDS | Big waves as dry as can be for places to scrap machines (8,5) |
| TRADITIONALLY | Lanky unknown boxes heartlessly, waves as usual (13) |
| DOPPLER | ___ effect: the frequency of sound, light or water waves as the source and the observer move (7) |
| SIMONFANSHAWE | Who was named as the new Rector of the University of Edinburgh? (5,8) |
| CHOPPY | Forming irregular, broken waves, as the sea |
| UZBEKISTAN | Lonely Planet's new Best in Travel 2024 offers suggestions in five categories, including this pick, in COUNTRIES, where "the cultural hubs of Samarkand, Bu khara, and Khiva still evoke the era of the |
| MISBAH | Marnie Nightingale's new best pal in Hollyoaks (6,6) |
| MAALIK | Marnie Nightingale's new best pal in Hollyoaks (6,6) |
| CIRCUITBREAKER | Turn and wave as a safety measure (7,7) |
| TRACKRECORD | What one's done in the past to establish a new best stadium? (5,6) |
| RECORD | Take note of a new best performance (6) |
| SEASNAIL | Wave as saline as a salt-water creature (3,5) |
| GENESIS | Start doing the Mexican wave as Mardi Gras ends |
| SEGOVIA | Leader of orchestra gives a wave as distinguished instrumentalist (7) |
| RADARSIGNAL | Detection wave, as a lad raring to go out (5,6) |
| BREAKTHERECORD | Put time off on file, setting a new best performance (5,3,6) |
| SOLDAPUP | Done when paying for new best friend? |
