| ASTHOUGH | Like most of idea to chase top marks (2,6) |
| SIDED | Supported originally sending most of idea to department's head (5) |
| DECEASED | Essence of idea - to stop daughter being late (8) |
| IDEOLOGY | Study of the nature and origin of idea (8) |
| EXPONENT | Promoter (of idea) |
| PASSALAW | Get through college with top mark, go to American city and begin work to do business of legislature (4,1,3) |
| STIGMATA | Greek character cheers, collecting first of top marks (8) |
| PHYSICAL | Report of bubbly class receiving top mark in examination |
| POLONECK | Top mark only received (4,4) |
| REGRADED | Calibrated again, having considered adjusting top mark (8) |
| LAYABOUT | Unemployed person getting top mark in amateur contest |
| COMEDIAN | Joker entered, having failed grammar, claiming top mark |
| ADORABLE | Lovely top mark realistic, first in Russian bagged (8) |
| TELLMEWHEREISFANCYBRED | I'd like to know source of idea for Belmont song |
| THEORY | Set of ideas to explain something |
| THEORISER | One who constructs ideas or sets of ideas to explain things (9) |
| EATAMEAL | Take it as a matter of course, a fair amount of idea is not dangerous enough to gangster (3,1,4) |
| DEAN | Extract of idea natural to college worker (4) |
| DEAFTO | Unwilling to heed content of idea FT originated (4,2) |
| REVERIE | Republican always tied to odd parts of idea or daydream (7) |
