| GERRYMANDER | Redraw electoral boundaries so as to give one party an unfair advantage |
| GERRYMANDERING | Division of the constituencies of a voting area to give one party an unfair advantage |
| HEDGEROWS | They provide field boundaries, so he grew 500, unusually (9) |
| RIGGED | Managed so as to achieve an unfair advantage |
| SUPERSTITIOUSLY | So as to give credence to irrational beliefs |
| PUNISH | Push in so as to give pain (6) |
| DESCRIPTIVE | Roughly edit precis, introducing volume so as to give a verbal impression |
| HITTHESACK | Thump a bag so as to give out the Zs? (3,3,4) |
| STAGEMANAGING | Artificially arranging so as to give a particular |
| REASSURE | Again provide for compensation so as to give confidence (8) |
| PULLAFASTONE | Try to gain an unfair advantage (4,1,4,3) |
| STEROIDS | Drugs to which athletes turn, seeking an unfair advantage |
| RINGER | One giving a team an unfair advantage, say |
| PULLINGAFASTONE | Towing a racing car perhaps, trying to gain an unfair advantage (7,1,4,3) |
| QUEUEJUMP | Signal heard to unexpectedly attack and gain an unfair advantage |
| RORT | Take an unfair advantage of a rowdy party |
| SOFTFOCUS | Deliberate blurring of a film scene or a photograph so as to give it a romantic or dreamy effect (4,5) |
| PULLSOMESTRINGS | Gain an unfair advantage in a puppet show? |
| JUMPTHEGUN | Attack the piece and get an unfair advantage (4,3,3) |
| GERRYMANDERER | Person who manipulates electoral boundaries to favour party |
