| DOWEL | Peg wants to succeed for the most part |
| ARRIVEDERCI | Succeed for the first time, having cried desperately for so long (11) |
| DIGEST | Being abstract, I've to succeed for a biscuit (6) |
| ASPIRANT | One who wants to succeed |
| MIDDLE | Intervening, one succeeds for all to see in confusion (6) |
| THINKPOSITIVEDALE | Advice to a young Carnegie: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| LIVEDANGEROUSLYEVEL | Advice to a young Knievel: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| DOTHERIGHTTHINGRUSH | Advice to a young Limbaugh: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| STOPTALKINGMARCEL | Advice to a young Marceau: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| BEPOLITEEMILY | Advice to a young Post: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| INTHEVERSEWAY | How badly poets want to succeed? |
| INTHEBOXSEAT | Where one is most likely to succeed in switch to Ulster Television? That's one for the politicians! |
| FIRSTINLINE | The leader of the row is most likely to succeed (5,2,4) |
| TYLER | In 1841, John ____ became the first US vice president to succeed to the presidency without election |
| RATRACE | The scramble to succeed, the mark of an artist? (3,4) |
| ELDEST | The boy most likely to succeed |
| AIRFARE | One destined to succeed, just as reported? There's a price for being on the up! (7) |
| HEIR | He has the will to succeed |
| MASTERPIECE | To succeed in tackling a part is a fine achievement (11) |
| ODDSON | Strange child most likely to succeed (4-2) |