| ARCHRIVAL | Great competitor, leader in regular breaking of records |
| SUMOWRESTLER | More results produced, first of wins secured for very great competitor? (4,8) |
| RACER | Bishop embracing great competitor on track |
| OURSELF | Breaking of rules of grammar by editor in person? (7) |
| LADDER | A run in knitwear where the breaking of thread gives the appearance of rungs (6) |
| SWASH | A rush of seawater over the shore after the breaking of a wave; the imitative sound or "scend" of such a surge; swagger or bluster; or, a typographical flourish on a letter (5) |
| NEEDFULLY | Nelly oversees breaking of vendetta in an essential manner (9) |
| INFRINGEMENT | Trouble fermenting in breaking of rule (12) |
| NABS | Catches in breaking of bans |
| SIMPLEFRACTURE | Breaking of a bone without breaking the skin (6,8) |
| PERJURY | Breaking of an oath for swearing in a word (7) |
| ALREADY | Even now, before the breaking of day, 10% of leafleters are outside |
| IFTAR | Meal eaten by Muslims after sunset each day of Ramadan; from Arabic, 'breaking of the fast' (5) |
| OMEN | Breaking of a mirror, some fear |
| HERNIA | Breaking of an organ through its lining (6) |
| BREECH | Breaking of the law, say, concerning gun part (6) |
| BREACH | Breaking of a promise or obligation (6) |
| FORCING | Necessitating the breaking of the lock |
| STALWART | Reliable fellow to begin suppressing breaking of law |
| LICENSE | Authorise the breaking of silence |
