| CAPITALL | Finish off with an excellent left (3,2,3) |
| ASSAIL | Attack the chump with an excellent left |
| GARDENIA | Plant providing the horticultural place with an excellent return |
| SWELLING | Coming up with an excellent distillation of gin (8) |
| AGEGROUP | Say, a cohort on time has porridge, doesn't finish off with pressure (3,5) |
| DISPATCH | Send off with an expedition |
| DETONATE | Set things off with an explosion (8) |
| TRAIL | Follow with a flipping right and an excellent left! (5) |
| HUFF | From humble beginnings, finish off with a sudden swell of anger |
| MOPUP | Finish off with hair in beehive style? |
| MOP | Finish off, with "up" |
| DOER | An agent; a busy bee, energetic achiever, go-getter or human dynamo who prefers "action" to mere talk; or, a thriving racehorse with an excellent appetite (4) |
| BARGAIN | Something with an excellent price/quality ratio, a ..... ....... (5,7) |
| GREAT | Something with an excellent price/quality ratio, a ..... ....... (5,7) |
| ACER | One with an excellent service |
| NEWSDAY | Daily paper since 1940 (with an excellent crossword) |
| WSJ | Newspaper with an excellent crossword, briefly |
| ALSO | Too much of pals to finish off with round of golf (4) |
| SUFFRAGETTE | Get after us and finish off with a woman who wanted to vote |
| ESPIONAGE | Spies endlessly go off with an Egyptian to get their stuff |
