| UNDERTHECOUNTER | Furtive sale teller was superior to? (5-3-7) |
| NEURALNET | Data processing framework inspired by (and honestly, arguably superior to?) the human brain |
| WALLSTREETCRASH | Teller was lax with cash, restricting transactions in financial meltdown (4,6,5) |
| AUGER | Heard fortune-teller was a bore (5) |
| HEROD | As king, he was superior to Rodney (5) |
| DELHI | City hospital was superior to rising one |
| OUTRANKED | Was superior to old tea, drunk stewed (9) |
| OUTWIT | Was superior to in action or performance (6) |
| MATCHLESS | Don't have much in common in the game, but was superior to all the rest (9) |
| BEATOUT | Was superior to |
| AIM | Annie Oakley's was superior |
| PREDOMINATES | Was superior (12) |
| THELOOKINGGLASS | Hint: egg up the wall maintaining manner that's superior to girl (3,7-5) |
| PETEROOSTERHUIS | Great golfer superior to these messing about (5,10) |
| CHIPPINGCAMPDEN | Town's payment method good, superior to parking in London area (8,7) |
| DOLLARDIPLOMACY | Bimbo superior to old Scot in rapidly deteriorating US foreign policy (6,9) |
| HIGHEREDUCATION | College tuition is superior to schooling (6,9) |
| MALECHAUVINISTS | Characters save mulish antic for men who feel superior to women (4,11) |
| ABOVE | 22 & 21Dn. Superior to the directors, to be quite honest (5,5) |
| BOARD | Superior to the directors, to be quite honest (5,5) |