| QUEUEJUMP | Signal heard to unexpectedly attack and gain an unfair advantage |
| GETAHEADSTART | Arrest one of the chief 's fancy women and gain an early advantage (3,1,4,5) |
| TURNSUPTRUMPS | Comes to unexpectedly successful conclusion (5,2,6) |
| SANDBAG | Unexpectedly attack son with net (7) |
| HOOTER | Signal heard at 12 for Yankee party (6) |
| MESSCALL | Military signal heard thrice daily |
| AMBUSHES | Unexpectedly attacks two presidents after morning (8) |
| PULLAFASTONE | Try to gain an unfair advantage (4,1,4,3) |
| PULLINGAFASTONE | Towing a racing car perhaps, trying to gain an unfair advantage (7,1,4,3) |
| GREASETHEWHEELS | Gain an unfair advantage in a garage? |
| PULLSOMESTRINGS | Gain an unfair advantage in a puppet show? |
| PEDDLEINFLUENCE | Gain an unfair advantage from a pushcart? |
| JUMPTHEGUN | Attack the piece and get an unfair advantage (4,3,3) |
| GERRYMANDER | To divide electoral district boundaries so as to give one party or candidate an unfair advantage |
| RIGGED | Managed so as to achieve an unfair advantage |
| STEROIDS | Drugs to which athletes turn, seeking an unfair advantage |
| GERRYMANDERING | Division of the constituencies of a voting area to give one party an unfair advantage |
| RINGER | One giving a team an unfair advantage, say |
| RORT | Take an unfair advantage of a rowdy party |
| CHEAT | Use an unfair advantage in a game |
