| ATTHEWORST | In the most negative sense (2,3,5) |
| ATWORST | On the contrary, starts row - talk about taking the most negative view |
| WORSTCASE | Taking the most negative view of poor Socrates' wife |
| ANTARCTIC | Area offering the greatest latitude, in a negative sense (9) |
| LITTLEJOHN | The only member of Robin Hood's Merry Men present in the most common account of his death |
| POLESITTER | Driver in the most favorable position at the start of a race |
| TOTHENINES | In the most showy way (2,3,5) |
| ATTHELEAST | Athlete sat around in the most pessimistic view |
| LOATHLIEST | It shall affect toe in the most hideous way (10) |
| ATONESBEST | In the most excellent condition (2,4,4) |
| RAINFOREST | Facts found in the most uncommon jungle (10) |
| ABJECT | Complete (in a negative sense) |
| ATTHEFRONT | A tenth fort in the most forward position (2,3,5) |
| SPINDOCTOR | Turn medico had, he presents information in the most favourable right (4-6) |
| LASTRESORT | Final course of action in the most recent vacation spot (4,6) |
| EGG | Prefix with head to mean an intellectual geek (used in a negative sense) |
| DEPTHS | Most negative feelings have dimension and size, initially |
| OORT | Dutch astronomer who first postulated the existence of a cloud in the most distant region of the solar system where long-period comets are thought to originate (4) |
| AIDANTURNER | Irish actor whose roles include Ross Poldark in the most recent BBC adaptation of Poldark and Kili in The Hobbit film series |
| CARMINABURANA | Medieval Latin verse anthology found in a monastery in 1803, partly used in the most famous 20th-century cantata |