| MEZZORILIEVO | Not the most outstanding work, viz. one Zero Mostel, losing heart, developed |
| RECORDBREAKER | One who achieves the most outstanding performance (6-7) |
| STALIN | He allegedly said, "Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union" |
| VALEDICTORIAN | In the US and Canada, a person, usually the most outstanding graduate, who delivers a farewell speech at a graduation ceremony (13) |
| BESTOW | Give a prize for the most outstanding expression of pain! (6) |
| HEISMAN | Annual trophy for the most outstanding player in college football |
| FORUM | 60's film: In '66, a funny thing happened to Zero Mostel on the way to the _____. |
| BEST | The most outstanding |
| THEPRODUCERS | 1968 comedy with Zero Mostel as Max Bialystock (3,9) |
| TEVYES | Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Theodore Bikel, Topol and others |
| TEVYE | Zero Mostel role of 1964 |
| NIL | Zero Mostel, infamously, holding it up |
| PROF | Academic briefly omitting one zero in mathematical work (4) |
| PROUDEST | Most outstanding Frenchman writing about the lower classes |
| FINEST | Most outstanding parking tickets are over the top (6) |
| WYLIE | Winner of the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award in 1962 |
| STURT | Who was one of Australia's most outstanding explorers, Charles ... (5) |
| PREVARICATION | Adjusted pro rata invoice knocking off one zero causes quibbling (13) |
| GOGOL | Novelist making huge amount? Knock one zero off! |
| ERRONEOUS | Make a mistake with one zero? We object it's wrong (9) |
