| RECORDBREAKER | Log wave as the best ever (6-7) |
| RECORD | Put it down as the best ever (6) |
| VIETNAM | Jimmy Cliff protest song, rated by Dylan as the best ever written (7) |
| BREAKINGYARDS | Big waves as dry as can be for places to scrap machines (8,5) |
| TRADITIONALLY | Lanky unknown boxes heartlessly, waves as usual (13) |
| PAREXCELLENCE | As the best of its kind |
| DOPPLER | ___ effect: the frequency of sound, light or water waves as the source and the observer move (7) |
| CHOPPY | Forming irregular, broken waves, as the sea |
| RECORDHOLDER | Person with the best ever achievement - sleeve? (6,6) |
| RECORDPLAYER | For reproducing sound of the best ever instrumentalist? (6,6) |
| CIRCUITBREAKER | Turn and wave as a safety measure (7,7) |
| NEWWORLD | The best ever Australian or American album (3,5,6) |
| BEEF | Seen at first to be the best ever eaten from the butchers |
| RECORDBREAKING | Announcing first log is the best ever |
| BREAKINGARECORD | Having a smashing time, the best ever doing this (8,1,6) |
| SEASNAIL | Wave as saline as a salt-water creature (3,5) |
| GENESIS | Start doing the Mexican wave as Mardi Gras ends |
| SEGOVIA | Leader of orchestra gives a wave as distinguished instrumentalist (7) |
| RADARSIGNAL | Detection wave, as a lad raring to go out (5,6) |
| JUANANTONIOSAMARANCH | Former IOC president who started the curious tradition of calling practically every Olympics the "best ever" |
