| MEDICAL | Incorrectly claimed to be curative (7) |
| HAL | Sci-fi computer name incorrectly claimed to be a one-letter shift |
| GINSENG | Mother's ruin's part of 7, which is said to be curative (7) |
| MEDICINAL | This is claimed in error to be curative (9) |
| REMEDIAL | Designed to be curative (8) |
| WARBECK | Pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, supposed to have been murdered in the Tower (6,7) |
| DECIMAL | It could be claimed to be a mathematical point (7) |
| PIQUING | Chinese city, formerly claimed to be exciting (7) |
| EXCITED | Former partner claimed to be agitated (7) |
| AVERRED | A very short communist claimed to be true (7) |
| MODICUM | Examination by doctor that's claimed to be wrong (7) |
| ALTERED | Claimed to be legal, perhaps, by the Editor (7) |
| CARMINE | Ownership of vehicle claimed to be red (7) |
| IMPLANT | Pacemaker claimed to be spy (7) |
| LAMBERT | --- Simnel, imposter who claimed to be the Earl of Warwick during the reign of Henry VII (7) |
| SALAMIS | Largest Greek island in the Saronic Gulf; claimed to be the birthplace (c. 480 BC) of the dramatist Euripides (7) |
| PLEADED | Claimed to be, in court |
| IDIAMIN | Ugandan dictator who claimed to be the uncrowned king of Scotland (3,4) |
| PERKIN | Pretender to the English throne, who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York, supposed to have been murdered in the Tower (6,7) |
| PRESENT | Not a record time but often claimed to be unequalled (7) |
