| FILLIP | By the sound of it, Alexander's father gets boost (6) |
| PHILIP | Boost announced for Alexander's father (6) |
| PLAYUP | Dramatic work at college gets boost (4,2) |
| BEEFUP | Boozer holding price after rise gets boost |
| TONICS | Scot in dancing gets boosts (6) |
| CHEEKY | Hey! Wee Alexander's getting forward! (6) |
| GEORGE | Jason Alexander's character in Seinfeld: _ Costanza. |
| IRVING | "Alexander's Ragtime Band" writer Berlin |
| PHI | Alexander's father half ignored Greek character (3) |
| DRYDEN | 'Alexander's Feast' poet John |
| TONIC | Element of report on ice gets boost (5) |
| TEUTONIC | Time Brussels gets boost from Germany (8) |
| PLATONIC | Non-physical sport ending early gets boost |
| PLATE | Trophy for further education college gets boosts for theory in earth sciences (5,9) |
| TECTONICS | Trophy for further education college gets boosts for theory in earth sciences (5,9) |
| REMEMBER | Popular song by Irving Berlin performed by Alice Faye in the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band |
| AUREA | Species name describing colour of Zizia aka golden alexanders (5) |
| CZARINAS | In retrospect, lawyer admits supporter loses head joining paramilitaries with the last of Nicholas and Alexander's wives (8) |
| ROOTS | Subterranean parts of plants including alexanders, horseradish, Jerusalem artichoke, parsnip, rampion and salsify that are eaten as vegetables (5) |
| ETHELMERMAN | She was a singer with a powerful voice and a star of stage and screen who sang I Got Rhythm and Alexander's Ragtime Band (5,6) |
