| PEERESS | Lady, incomparable, not fifty |
| CATERER | Perhaps Cook makes 100 next (not 50) with England's opening runs (7) |
| SUPREME | Highest in rank - incomparable (7) |
| SUPREMO | Incomparable Diana Ross - once (7) |
| PARABLE | Story with lesson is almost incomparable (7) |
| HERBERT | Philip ---, 4th Earl of Pembroke, one of the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom Shakespeare's First Folio was dedicated (7) |
| PERFECT | Incomparable |
| DIVERSE | Incomparable |
| IQUIQUE | How bright one is, name-dropping incomparable port! |
| CAPABLE | Sadly, incomparable minor isn't present to show how proficient they are |
| SOCKS | Creation of '7': poisons initially unseen imbibed by large numbers, not fifty (3,2,5) |
| FOXIN | Creation of '7': poisons initially unseen imbibed by large numbers, not fifty (3,2,5) |
| AURA | Female, not fifty, gets migraine precursor (4) |
| ONYX | It may make cameo, just not fifty times |
| PIVOT | Turning-point of plot has four, not fifty (5) |
| PETITE | Little bird held by PM, not fifty (6) |
| SADLY | Sortie requires 500, not 50, in the centre, alas |
| INTHEPAST | This planet's evolving, not 50 years ago (2,3,4) |
| PEERLESS | Incomparable lady about fifty |
| ORDINARY | Not incomparable |
