| RECOUPED | Made good or brilliant move in grass (8) |
| EINSTEIN | Nineties eccentric or brilliant intellectual? |
| OFGENIUS | Einstein petting dog? Brilliant move (6,2,6) |
| RETRIEVE | Made good a loss in order to return successfully in court (8) |
| RESTORED | Made good set order in a different way (8) |
| REPAIRED | Came back to a favourite haunt, and made good (8) |
| PROFITED | ___ from; made good use of |
| REFUNDED | Made good on a guarantee |
| CROWN | Diadem, pschent or taj; or, an upper part of a pineapple, strawberry, tree, arch or brilliant-cut diamond (5) |
| TOURDEFORCE | A masterly or brilliant stroke, creation, effect or accomplishment (4,2,5) |
| TOUR | Masterly or brilliant stroke, creation or accomplishment, _ de force (4) |
| MASTERSTROKE | To become proficient in swimming style is a brilliant move (12) |
| IDEA | One may be half-baked or brilliant |
| STROKE | Einstein petting dog? Brilliant move (6,2,6) |
| COUPS | Brilliant moves by police in uniform? No, the reverse |
| COUP | Brilliant move |
| RIGHTED | Made good time in outfit he had put together (7) |
| INVERTEDSNOB | One affecting less classy taste made good in French society? |
| WELLBEGUN | Drilling in early stages, having made good progress (4,5) |
| REDRESSED | Made good suit wrapped in vegetation. (9) |
