| UNSURPASSED | Abroad a certain director encapsulating predicament is without rival |
| ONEDGE | A certain director general on Ecstasy is rather anxious (2,4) |
| ETCHERSHAOROI | Dopey dopey bromance is without rival |
| ASSURED | Confident when given certain director (7) |
| MATCHLESS | Without rivals, unable to play? (9) |
| SCORPIO | Is poor car getting a run out abroad a Ford model? |
| PLAYWRIGHT | Dramatist in predicament is unusually wary (10) |
| PLIGHT | Predicament is easy to bear after heading to pub (6) |
| UNSPOILT | No loud merrymaking? One left in predicament is virgin! (8) |
| DISTANT | 'T and T' is abroad - a long way off (7) |
| CARTLOAD | Jack, say, carries a lot abroad, a large quantity (8) |
| OUTSTAYS | Abroad, a corset is last to go (8) |
| SWEDEN | Where, abroad, a state enrolled nurse is out to get married (6) |
| SOUTHKOREA | Abroad, a thousand separately enter coast, a part of peninsula (5,5) |
| CASTING | Certain director's responsibility |
| KENYA | Where, abroad, a piece of cake can take any form |
| EXPAT | Settled abroad, a reformed 25? (5) |
| IMPORTUNE | Bring from abroad a foreign plague |
| MADEIRA | Admire, abroad, a dessert wine |
| XIS | Letters from abroad a number sent up |
