| EDDYING | Going round, showing opposition to the current trend (7) |
| RESISTANCE | Opposition to the current rate (10) |
| AGING | Provincial showing opposition to grand development |
| GRAVITAS | Appreciate it's surprising - Sir Gav going round showing seriously impressive quality! |
| HOSTILE | Showing opposition |
| RESISTANT | Showing opposition, boy enters further exam |
| EDDY | Boy naturally opposed to the current trend (4) |
| ANTIOCH | Opposition to the round church is somewhere in the Bible (7) |
| EXPLOIT | From "progress, success", an old word for "attempt to capture/control" or "military expedition" that gave rise to the current sense of its noun form, "achievement, deed, heroic feat" (7) |
| COMMUNE | Council established in Paris in the spring of 1871 in opposition to the National Assembly (7) |
| COUNTER | In opposition to the computer (7) |
| DISSENT | Opposition to the majority (7) |
| ORBITER | One goes round showing gold tooth perhaps |
| BRAVADO | Lingerie nurse takes round, showing off |
| CONTRAS | US-funded guerrilla opposition to the Sandinistas of Nicaragua |
| OBJECTS | Expresses opposition, ... to the plan |
| CLIMATE | Current trend in opinion Alec and Tim manipulated (7) |
| UPRIVER | Tony clipped hedge before end of summer, bucking current trend |
| INTHING | Hinting about current trend (2,5) |
| AGAINSTTHE | & 1Ac. In opposition to the regular current trend (7,3,4) |
