| ONEWAYORANOTHER | A much blown hooter ran somehow (3,3,2,7) |
| HYDROGENBOMB | There's far too much blown up about this gas failure (8,4) |
| URGENT | Pressing to get run somehow (6) |
| UNDREAMT | New team leader made run somehow: it's not imagined |
| CANDLEINTHEWIND | Song which was a hit for Elton John in 1974; a revised version of which was a much bigger hit in 1997 (6,2,3,4) |
| INFERIORQUALITY | What to expect for a much lower price |
| DWARFSTHERECORD | Sets a much higher performance standard |
| TIPOFTHEICEBERG | Tiny part of a much larger problem (3,2,3,7) |
| AWARDEDAPLUMJOB | Given a much desired position, 4 words |
| EVENS | A much more likely starting price for a Derby favourite than a Grand National one |
| HANGOUT | Husband faces a new disorder in a much-frequented place (7) |
| POLYGAMIST | A pig mostly resembled a much-married man (10) |
| SECTION | A division, or a much smaller group of soldiers (7) |
| SUGARDADDY | He keeps a much less mature person shifting 500 drugs a day (5,5) |
| EXTRAJAM | Under EU regulations, a preserve containing a much higher percentage of fruit (5,3) |
| LOCKET | Snippet from Alien - a reminder of a much-loved one, just in case (6) |
| MANTRA | Graduate carrying a collection of good books is reading a much-repeated phrase (6) |
| ANCESTOR | From a previous generation, a much older member of the family in finance store (8) |
| AUDIE | A much-decorated Murphy |
| PHYLLISGEORGEBURNS | Former Miss America who married a much older man? |