| GUINEAS | A genius worked out auction currency (7) |
| GIANTSCAUSEWAY | Castaway genius worked out coastal geological formation |
| EGGHEAD | Colloquial word for a genius? (7) |
| MAESTRO | Master sliced duck being a genius (7) |
| DAVINCI | Italian on vacation, about to go through Michelangelo's unfinished masterpiece - he was a genius (2,5) |
| STROKE | Real or figurative motion that links a genius, a golfer, a lucky person, a painter, a rower and a swimmer (6) |
| MASTER | Title of a chess pro, a genius or a skilled painter, but also any boy (6) |
| EINSTEIN | A scientist for the crazy Nineties, you don't have to be a genius to work this one out (8) |
| SMARTSTART | A good breakfast for a genius? |
| SEPTUAGENARIAN | Possibly a genius ... a parent ... an OAP |
| AGNUSDEI | A genius managed to get key for part of a mass |
| MASTERMIND | A teacher to look after a genius (10) |
| GENUS | I missed out being a genius of the family (5) |
| ACE | Look, female comes out as a genius... (3) |
| JOYCE | Writer whose wife said he's a "genius, but what a dirty mind he has" |
| BRAINIAC | May sound like a headcase, but bound to be a genius! (8) |
| PHENOMENON | Film: John Travolta is a mechanic who sees the light & then becomes a genius (1996). |
| DALI | "Diary of a Genius" author |
| CHASE | Pits ordinary people against a genius, The ___ |
| CAGE | He made contribution to music ___ a genius (4) |