| UNDERRATE | Fail to understand the importance of (9) |
| SNIPER | Local drops people from time to time, as understands the importance of 13 down (6) |
| TREADMILL | Start treatment to understand the beginning of migraine suffering from the daily grind (9) |
| ABITTHICK | Slow to understand the breadth of computer memory? (1,3,5) |
| COTTONSON | Begins to understand, the boy is following the yarn (7,2) |
| MISSHAPEN | Fail to understand hard copy with name distorted |
| FIGUREOUT | Come to understand the character is on strike (6,3) |
| UPANDDOWN | Fluctuating, or two words needed to understand the starred clues' "After" parts |
| CLOSED | To fail to understand is comprehended by diplomats |
| MISS | ___ the point (fail to understand) |
| MISHEAR | Fail to understand one clip shown after end of film (7) |
| MINDYOURPSANDQS | "Behave!," or a hint to the letter changes needed to understand the starred clues |
| ILLITERATE | Wrong speed - holding it to end of race, unable to understand the instructions? (10) |
| SHUFFLE | What you may need to do to understand the four sets of circled letters |
| DEEP | It is difficult to understand the sea, according to the poet (4) |
| EMPATHY | Ability to understand the feelings of others |
| KNOWTHESCORE | Instruction to musicians to understand the facts (4,3,5) |
| REVERSEENGINEER | Take apart to understand the design of |
| SEEM | Appear to understand the beginning of mystery (4) |
| GETITWRONG | About to into winter with a fast car, but fail to understand (3,2,5) |
