| OUTDISTANCE | Leave (a pursuer) far behind |
| HOUND | Word for any dog originally, later a more specific canine bred for hunting, such as a beagle; a contemptible or despicable person; a pursuer in a paper chase; or, any assiduous seeker (5) |
| LOSE | Leave behind, as a pursuer |
| DODGED | Eluded a pursuer or a blow by a quick movement (6) |
| SHOOKOFF | Left behind, as a pursuer |
| NOONEELSE | "We'll build a world of our own that ... can share; All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there; And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind; When we live in a world of our own" (2-3,4) |
| ELUDE | Lose, as a pursuer |
| THEGAP | What a pursuer seeks to narrow |
| GRE | Hurdle for an M.A. pursuer |
| ELUDES | Fools a pursuer |
| THROWOFF | Evade, as a pursuer |
| SCENT | Smell followed by a pursuer |
| ALLOUR | The Seekers promised, 'We'll build a world of our own that no-one else will share, ... sorrows we'll leave far behind us there' (3,3) |
| TRITICALE | Plant far behind one in a twisted lattice (9) |
| OUTDISTANCED | Left (a competitor) far behind |
| ESCAPE | Based on the Latin for "out of one's cloak", word, alluding to the idea of leaving a pursuer clutching just one's coat, for an act of breaking free (6) |
| LONGLEG | A fielding position in cricket on the on side far behind the batter (4,3) |
| LEFTSTANDING | Abandoned candidature, being too far behind (4,8) |
| SPRING | 'if winter comes, can _ _ _ _ _ _ be far behind? |
| LONGSTOP | Fielder far behind the wicket in cricket (4,4) |
