| RAREBIRD | Barrier broken down - that's something exceptional (4,4) |
| RARAAVIS | Something exceptional in skirt topless divas modelled (4,4) |
| STANDOUT | Part of ground revealed something exceptional (8) |
| FURLOUGH | Leave coat down that's picked up (8) |
| WINDFALL | Gale to calm down - that's an unexpected advantage (8) |
| SCORCHER | Brand, perhaps, that's something remarkable |
| ENORMITY | The old getting upset about standard sexiness - that's something outrageous |
| ANALOGUE | Girl with record, we hear, that's something comparable |
| DOORKNOB | Doctor Don Brook? That's something to hold onto! (8) |
| ONELINER | Minimal asset of shipping company that's something of a joke |
| BUSINESS | Comedians' trade that's something suspicious (5,8) |
| BIRTHDAY | Placed third in the Bay? That's something to celebrate! (8) |
| XMASTREE | Sign that's something wrong a merest diversion - one might get a gold star at the end of the year (4,4) |
| DISGRACE | Director is put in front of old cricketer? That's something shameful (8) |
| FOURMINUTEMILE | Sports barrier broken in '54 |
| ROGERBANNISTER | He gets on with neurology, principally, barrier broken (5,9) |
| HINGE | Something exceptional holds the pivot (5) |
| KNEES | "The bee's ___" (something exceptional) |
| SPECIAL | There's something exceptional about this officer (7) |
| FALSEPRETENCES | Barriers broken by real pest involved in deceptive behaviour (5,9) |
