| PEOPLESREPUBLIC | China, say, might be precious to the East: record twice broken (7,8) |
| DISC | Record twice broken in Ireland is chronicled (4) |
| EMERALD | Even a mad leer can be precious to some women |
| GARNET | Good X-ray nearly sent back? It might be precious (6) |
| GEM | Stone that might be precious |
| CARGO | Load that might be "precious" |
| POIROT | Journey north twice broken by old private eye (6) |
| SATURDAY | Robust, but twice broken by a night of fever? |
| SHERRY | Fino, say, might be hers on the railway (6) |
| ACHING | By midday, the crowned one, they say, might be painful |
| TALLINN | A 50-floor hotel, say, might be one in this capital? |
| UNIFORM | School kit, say, might be alike all over (7) |
| ASHTRAYS | Trash, say, might be thrown in these (8) |
| TESTPILOT | Job in which Chuck Yeager broke a world record twice |
| EMERALDS | They may be mere lads to you but they're precious to me (8) |
| NAUSEA | Mal de mer, say, might sneak up oddly on the ocean (6) |
| SAILORSUIT | Jack, clubs say -- might one be seen on deck? (6,4) |
| GATEAU | Rather sweet type of setting for the players can be precious (6) |
| OPAL | It may be precious, though nothing to a friend (4) |
| STONE | The first way? It may be precious (5) |
