| SURPASSED | Almost certain to have got through, though beaten |
| SURE | Certain to have got the employer upset (4) |
| ALLEXAMS | Might you have got through every one of the tests - or skipped the lot of them, perhaps? (6,4,5) |
| PASSED | Might you have got through every one of the tests - or skipped the lot of them, perhaps? (6,4,5) |
| UNSURPASSED | International organisation is almost certain to have qualified - it's second-to-none |
| SURPRISED | Astonished, almost certain to have levered open |
| SURPRISES | Astonishing events almost certain to have rebels coming under pressure |
| ABSOLUTION | Almost certain to have no comeback after international's acquittal (10) |
| GOALPOSTS | What strikers try to get through, though they're changed to suit opportunists (9) |
| HARD | Had got right through, though it was arduous (4) |
| LAST | Have stamina, though beaten by the rest of the field (4) |
| PEER | Look through, though there's a key in it (4) |
| SPARRED | Spread uncontrollably right through, though one fought |
| BOTHERSOME | Be the smoother for ironing through, though it is a nuisance (10) |
| OUTRUN | Go faster in the present, though beaten in the past (6) |
| BESTED | Got more than better with belittled editor to have got one over on? (6) |
| GROSSER | Shopkeeper is said to have got fatter (7) |
| REFUSAL | Judge America to have got left in denial (7) |
| MEDICALREPORT | Oddly, claimed to have got shot of health news (7,6) |
| STARTED | Was clearly surprised to have got under way (7) |
