| REDOUBLE | Become twice as great when Ed gets involved in Russian money (8) |
| NATURALDISASTER | Talk about aids involved in Russian mountains catastrophe (7,8) |
| DECOY | Allurement used when Ed gets coy |
| DEMEAN | Behave when Ed gets mean! (6) |
| REDOUBLED | Made twice as great, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| REDOUBLES | Makes twice as great |
| BASSOON | Instrument will swell up, as small becomes twice as large (7) |
| SOSO | So it becomes twice as tolerable (4) |
| INTEGRAL | Full pint, no head, great when knocked back (8) |
| ALLSWELL | Everything's great when everyone dandy (4,4) |
| TROUBLES | Difficulties experienced when sending Russian money by letter (8) |
| EUROPEAN | For example, Russian money given to one of The Greens by Pole (8) |
| BIGAMISTS | Great when mad Tim's taken in by members of two unions (9) |
| INTENSE | It's great when the silly nit gets seen off (7) |
| REGULATES | It's great when Sue L comes in and controls things so well (9) |
| GIANT | It's great when soldier Joe gets Nat to rejoin (5) |
| TROUBLESPOT | In sum, Russian money and power gets a place in the Middle East? |
| STARTINGOVER | Making a new beginning to begin with at home is great when it's all finished (8,4) |
| CEILING | Here's a cool rhyme: The stadium is great when fans start to cheer, but it gets loud you can hardly hear. There's a quiet one far from the stands. Go home, look up... It's the ___ fan!* |
| AGOODINNINGS | Great when it lasted provided long time spent protecting the bails (1,4,7) |
