| COXSWAIN | Firm at times wins a complicated job directing a crew overseas (8) |
| FILMED | Did a job directing Frenchman in fieldwork? (6) |
| ROLE | Lore complicated job (4) |
| TORTOISE | Known collectively as a creep, a chelonian such as the fictional example that wins a race against a hare in one of Aesop's fables (8) |
| COHERENT | Did a firm, at present, get a new model? It's quite consistent (8) |
| STEERING | Guiding, directing a course (8) |
| CLAIMING | Class, directing a course, is demanding (8) |
| DONSHULA | Former Miami Dolphins coach who holds the NFL record for most all-time wins, with 328: 2 wds. |
| ANDYREID | Kansas City Chiefs coach who's fourth in all-time wins, the most of any active coach: 2 wds. |
| SEEBELOW | Words directing a reader down |
| KINGLEAR | Peter Brook, who attended Gresham's School, Holt, is known for directing a film version of this famous Shakespearian tragedy (4, 4) |
| WARRIORS | They fight using arrows, firm at heart (8) |
| STEADIES | Makes it firm at sea when the tides change (8) |
| CONGEALS | Sets firm at unusual angles (8) |
| COLOSSAL | Huge deficit borne by firm at Leicester initially |
| FILMSTAR | Cruise, perhaps, provided by last firm at sea (4,4) |
| TAILCOAT | Cheers the Italian firm at part of arrangement put on formally? |
| OUTYELLS | Wins a hollering contest |
| SLOWPOKE | One who never wins a race |
| SPAHN | Warren ___, MLB's all-time wins leader by a lefty (and whose name rhymes with a "Star Trek" villain |
