| UPTURN | Improvement, increase (6) |
| UPSWING | Improvement, increase (7) |
| FORTHE | Improvement now that gambler gets some money back (6,3,3,6) |
| BETTER | Improvement now that gambler gets some money back (6,3,3,6) |
| CHANGE | Improvement now that gambler gets some money back (6,3,3,6) |
| SEANCE | Session can see improvement (6) |
| REFORM | Improvement made by Scripture class (6) |
| OGRESS | Monster improvement having ditched spin-doctoring? (6) |
| PROFIT | In favour of motion suggesting improvement (6) |
| STARVE | Be deprived of vaster improvement (6) |
| HARROW | School involved in land improvement (6) |
| CELLAR | Lowest space left in clear improvement (6) |
| AGHAST | Amazed at gash's improvement (6) |
| REGAIN | Get back is about improvement (6) |
| UPTICK | Slight improvement (US) (6) |
| NIMBLY | Initially no improvement made by accepting student quickly (6) |
| REHASH | Something made up from old components without any notable improvement (6) |
| NAYLOR | She's made a return to Holby City as the hospital's director of improvement (3,6) |
| KAIZEN | The Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement in business (6) |
| PRAISE | Credit Penny with an improvement in pay (6) |
