| CAPABLANCA | Cuban chess player widely considered to be among the greatest in history |
| DEEPPURPLE | English band considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal (4,6) |
| MEDICALADVANCEMENTS | 100th Anniversary! The discovery of Insulin in 1921 by Canadian researchers Banting and Best is among the greatest of these in the world: 2 wds. |
| ALI | He's among the greatest ex-champions alive (3) |
| DONBRADMAN | Australian cricketer widely considered to be the greatest Test batsman in history |
| TULIP | Flower widely considered to be the floral emblem of the Netherlands (5) |
| IVEY | Phil, widely considered to be the world's best all-around pro poker player |
| MCGONAGALL | William ___ (c. 1825-1902), Scottish writer of doggerel widely considered to be the world's worst poet (10) |
| HITCHCOCK | This director's 1935 film The 39Steps is widely considered to be cinema's seminal spy thriller |
| SCHOOL | Where to learn to be among the sharks (6) |
| TICKLES | It amuses the French to be among the bloodsuckers (7) |
| KAMASUTRA | An ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be a standard work on human sexual behaviour |
| ADOPT | Peer at sticky end of amphibian and choose to be among the first to pick up (5,2,5) |
| EARLYTO | Peer at sticky end of amphibian and choose to be among the first to pick up (5,2,5) |
| BRISKEST | Chance to be among the finest, most energetic (8) |
| OCEAN | Is too large to be among the last three of those (5) |
| STAMP | Prove to be among the best amplifiers (5) |
| LILLE | Stop before Paris, sick to be among the French |
| INTHEFAMILYWAY | Expecting to be among the 29 on track? |
| PLACED | Many pedal furiously to be among the first three (6) |
