| SUSPENDED | Hung despite having the outcome postponed |
| THOUGHTS | Despite having the street up, these spring to mind (8) |
| WEAKEST | Despite having the least strength you and I skate round (7) |
| TOP | Break in at the boys' club: The Notorious RBG struggled to land her first job out of Columbia Law, despite having led at the ___ of her class |
| NOWHERE | Out of the running despite having eventually arrived (7) |
| PRESSONWARDS | Keep moving ahead despite having reporters in the hospital (5,7) |
| PASTONESBEST | On the decline, despite having broken a personal record (4,4,4) |
| ODIOUS | Arousing hatred despite having promises to pay after being in the red (6) |
| DEFOE | Spy and man of letters said to have died in hiding from creditors despite having written the now-classic Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe (5) |
| INARTICULATE | Italian truce sorted out despite having trouble finding the right words (12) |
| ADAMS | Author whose epic tale of anthropomorphic bunnies in the Hampshire countryside features themes of betrayal, death, ecocide, totalitarianism and violence, despite having been written for children (5) |
| DIVERTED | Amused, despite having been sent out of one's way |
| TASTEFUL | Discriminating despite having fault set out |
| SOLVENT | Thinner, despite having money (7) |
| TODDLED | Fleet Street barber was ahead - despite having done this? |
| AGELESS | Never growing old, despite having rocky sea legs (7) |
| MEDUSA | Despite having a stony stare, she may be amused |
| NOTWITHSTANDING | Despite having to sit, presumably? (15) |
| SAVED | Dave's in a pickle despite having been rescued (5) |
| THECREEPS | Respect he engineered despite having nervous complaint (3,6) |
