| OUTWEIGHS | Exchanging parts when announcing exits is more important |
| HUMANISM | Man is married to belief that one is more important than the supernatural (8) |
| PRESENTEEISM | Working when sick because the performance of productivity is more important to your boss than actual productivity |
| HIGHANDMIGHTY | Behaving as though one is more important than others (4,3,6) |
| OVERRIDES | Is more important than |
| EXCELLENT | Exchanging parts of T-cell in range is brilliant |
| EPISODIC | Happening in parts when it is copied incorrectly (8) |
| PRUNE | Cut back unwanted parts when the plum is dried (5) |
| LETTERC | What you never hear when announcing indictments? |
| PULITZERPRIZE | Draw out its shock when announcing an award |
| PAPACY | When announcing paper, see Roman clerical government (6) |
| INTERESTING | “It is more important that a proposition be ____ than it be true” (Alfred North Whitehead) |
| FINDERS | Proverb/childish chant stating that possession is more important than ownership (7,7,6,7) |
| KEEPERS | Proverb/childish chant stating that possession is more important than ownership (7,7,6,7) |
| LOSERS | Proverb/childish chant stating that possession is more important than ownership (7,7,6,7) |
| WEEPERS | Proverb/childish chant stating that possession is more important than ownership (7,7,6,7) |
| REIN | Check concerning exchanging parts (4) |
| INPUT | Contribution by Russian leader, exchanging parts (5) |
| UPKEEP | Don't lag behind, exchanging parts for maintenance (6) |
| MILLIPEDE | Creepy-crawly De Mille exchanging parts accepting small sum (9) |
