| POPULIST | Supporter of the common/ordinary people, as opposed to the elite (8) |
| RANKANDFILE | Ordinary people as opposed to their leaders (4,3,4) |
| HUMAN | Characteristic of people (as opposed to animals) |
| LAY | Word for a ballad or sung poem; a lyric; a melody; the ordinary people, as distinct from the clergy or experts; the appearance of land; the direction rope is twisted in; or, an oyster-bed (3) |
| COMMONALTY | Ordinary people, as a group (10) |
| FOLK | Collective noun for people, whether common, ordinary or one's own kin (4) |
| USUAL | Common, ordinary (5) |
| RARITY | It's not common, ordinary character ditching upturned luge (6) |
| OENOLOGY | Coming from the Greek for "wine", what is the study of winemaking, as opposed to the study of grape growing and harvesting? (8) |
| ALLODIAL | Relating to the freehold of land, as opposed to the feudal system (8) |
| UPSTAIRS | Old word for the part of a large house occupied by its masters and mistresses as opposed to the servants' quarters in the basement (8) |
| LITHARGE | One of the two mineral forms of lead monoxide, having a red colour as opposed to the yellow massicot (8) |
| CORPORAL | Of the body, as opposed to the mind (8) |
| FLATRACE | Jockey's contest of speed across clear ground as opposed to the fences of the King George VI Chase run on Boxing Day, for example (4,4) |
| SOUTHPAW | A boxer who leads with the right hand as opposed to the orthodox style (8) |
| DAYOFTHE | Triffids' time, as opposed to the night of the iguana? (3,2,3) |
| CONQUEST | As opposed to the search for victory (8) |
| CATER | "The rule in the art world is: you ___ to the masses or you kowtow to the elite": Ben Hecht (5) |
| CANNIBAL | One who accepts people as a matter of course (8) |
| PROTEINS | Soundly in favour of young people as they build muscle (8) |
