| STANDSTOGAIN | Profits prospective candidate got back first class from Norway (6,2,4) |
| OUTDID | Some centrists badmouthing candidate got the better of them |
| AUDITORIA | Bookkeeper returns first class from the theatres (9) |
| OLYMPIA | Only drops off new British politician returning first class from theatrical venue (7) |
| ASIA | Since returned first-class from the continent (4) |
| SWELL | First-class from America, but there's a rough sea (5) |
| RUSSIA | Most of Dublin seaside town school returning first class from the country (6) |
| DEMOTE | Reduce in class from first-grade motel |
| TIBIA | Looking back, first class fragment from skeleton (5) |
| ASSENTOR | Corrupt senator's one who backs prospective candidate |
| BROMLEY | Second-class from Morley travelling to part of London (7) |
| NACRA | Olympic catamaran sailing class from 2016 (5) |
| ANAGRAM | Letters represented genuine class from Alec Guinness? (7) |
| MAGNOLIA | Looking back, first class desire for morning in the garden centre (8) |
| UTOPIA | Looking back, first class cannabis gets you to the perfect place (6) |
| INABSENTIA | At home, sailor sent back first class while away (2,8) |
| UMBRIA | Express hesitation to brother going back first class to region of Italy (6) |
| ARIA | Looking back, first class artist provides Nessun Dorma (4) |
| EMILIA | Looking back, first class fruit found in Othello close to Iago (6) |
| MALARIA | Looking back, first class alarm manipulated overseas infection (7) |
