| RUSTIER | On reflection, almost sure layer will be more corroded |
| VENEER | Surface layer will move clockwise around the North-east (6) |
| TIER | Layer will always tire again |
| ERROR | Fears removing outer layer will reveal slip |
| CATCHESACRAB | Fisherman who does will be more pleased than the boatman (7,1,4) |
| LOSER | Generally inept, I will be more dense with nowt up top |
| OUTNUMBER | No longer fashionable, a song will be more prevalent (9) |
| NICER | A smaller Lanarkshire cinema, in retrospect, will be more pleasant (5) |
| NUMBERS | Figures one will be more unfeeling, South (7) |
| FLAKIER | If Arkle's beaten, it will be more bizarre (7) |
| COMMONER | No lord will be more vulgar than this (8) |
| OUTWEIGH | Some press weight badly. This will be more important? (8) |
| AMPLE | The maple cocktail will be more than enough (5) |
| PLENTY | Ten-ply will be more than enough (6) |
| OUTSWIM | How crawler will be more successful? (7) |
| DEEPEN | With return of rapier, epee, dagger etc. will be more profound (6) |
| CLOSER | A cloister will be more confined without it (6) |
| SATIATE | "Anyhow, a taste," I interpose, "will be more than enough" (7) |
| ENDURE | Last though almost sure to finish on top |
| ADVERSE | Unfavourable publicity almost sure to be heartless (7) |
