| MAESTRO | Master sliced duck being a genius (7) |
| CUTNOICE | Sliced duck in pleasant ambience failed to impress (3,2,3) |
| DUNGEON | Horse with info about duck being cooler underground? |
| EINSTEIN | Being a genius, I interrupt evil one of the 22 |
| GENUS | I missed out being a genius of the family (5) |
| GUINEAS | It needs a genius to sort out these old coins (7) |
| EGGHEAD | Colloquial word for a genius? (7) |
| ANTIPASTO | Against old duck being choice in restaurant? (9) |
| DODO | Odd about duck being an extinct species (4) |
| ISOLATED | Upsetting details about duck being detached (8) |
| OBOE | Be upset with a couple of ducks being instrumental (4) |
| DAVINCI | Italian on vacation, about to go through Michelangelo's unfinished masterpiece - he was a genius (2,5) |
| STROKE | Real or figurative motion that links a genius, a golfer, a lucky person, a painter, a rower and a swimmer (6) |
| MASTER | Title of a chess pro, a genius or a skilled painter, but also any boy (6) |
| SMARTSTART | A good breakfast for a genius? |
| SEPTUAGENARIAN | Possibly a genius ... a parent ... an OAP |
| AGNUSDEI | A genius managed to get key for part of a mass |
| MASTERMIND | A teacher to look after a genius (10) |
| JOYCE | Writer whose wife said he's a "genius, but what a dirty mind he has" |
| BRAINIAC | May sound like a headcase, but bound to be a genius! (8) |
