| ONEINAMILLION | A rare and exceptional person |
| PERFECTSTORM | Positive response to a weather-controlling 'X-Men' character for conjuring a rare and powerful tempe |
| AURORABOREALIS | A rare and laborious struggle to produce a colourful display |
| OPUS | Musical work, a rare and singular opera |
| DISASTERAREA | Eyesore from Hell, like a rare and classical mess (8,4) |
| GOLDDUST | Rosemary cultivar, or a rare and valuable thing (4,4) |
| KARATECHOP | Its secret lies in its speed and exceptional focus |
| HARPOONER | A funny brother, exceptional person who has "a whale of a time"? |
| BLACKPANTHER | Colorful superhero with very acute senses and exceptional physical skills: 2 wds. |
| EXOTICA | Perhaps collectors' items once, found on old attic, timeless and exceptional (7) |
| CRACKER | A thin, crisp biscuit for an exceptional person |
| PARAMEDIC | Admire a PC, exceptional person rendering emergency help (9) |
| RARA | Exceptional person in a short skirt to ravish when stripped (4,4) |
| RARAAVIS | A king twice overthrown, revolutionary destroyer being an exceptional person (4,4) |
| PHENOM | An exceptional person, slangily |
| PHENOMENON | Exceptional person |
| RAREBIRD | Exceptional person |
| SUPERDUPER | Exceptional person taking in senior police officer |
| ONEYER | Exceptional person, you gathered? Maybe the Bard meant that |
| PARISHIONER | Capital greeting exceptional person, member of church community? |
