| ADVANCEDLEVEL | A technological improvement on the carpenter's tool was above normal (8,5) |
| SHARP | It was above the note for Becky (5) |
| ASITIS | A technological subject grasped by relative, just the same (2,2,2) |
| RAGWEEKS | Start to realise a technological obsessive's restricting women's fundraising activities (3,5) |
| PARSON | ... and another priest was above par with an issue (6) |
| INNOVATE | Make a technological breakthrough, say |
| TARTARUS | For Homer, what did Zeus place as far beneath Hades as heaven was above earth? (8) |
| OPHICLEIDE | Keyed musical instrument that was developed as an improvement on the serpent (10) |
| FACELIFT | It's a big improvement on the old pan (4-4) |
| BETA | This version was an improvement on the first I heard (4) |
| ARKWRIGHT | Richard ____ and John Kay developed the spinning frame, an improvement on the previous spinning jenny |
| TENONSAW | Was nonet? No, but returned with the carpenter's tool (5,3) |
| UPTRAIN | Coach for improvement on the way to London by rail (2,5) |
| NUCLEARPHYSICS | Science that sounds like an improvement on the old, murky sort? (7,7) |
| FORTHEBETTER | As an improvement on the gambler's behalf? (3,3,6) |
| SAWHORSE | Observed Arab with the carpenter's tool (8) |
| LATERALLY | Overdue improvement on the side (9) |
| GREATPARIS | In 1811 Napoleon and his officers started using used this code, which was a great improvement on a previous code, which had been deciphered by Major George Scovell. |
| HIGHERUP | Above normal with pure chaos on a more elevated plane (6,2) |
| ANTECEDENT | A decent net - improvement on a forerunner (10) |
