| CUTCORNERS | Take the easiest way at the expense of high standards |
| WILLIAMGOLDING | Author prepared to admit claim to be of high standard? |
| SUPERIOR | Of high standard |
| HAUTECUISINE | Cookery of high standard |
| SPNFDS | Provides in the easiest way possible (5-5) |
| LINEOFLEASTRESISTANCE | Allies often break French fighters the easiest way |
| GENERATE | The easiest way to produce green tea (8) |
| RESISTANCE | The easiest way for electricity to travel! (4,2,5,10) |
| OFLEAST | The easiest way for electricity to travel! (4,2,5,10) |
| LINE | The easiest way for electricity to travel! (4,2,5,10) |
| LINEOF | Measures required to secure new jumpers ___ I stand by it as the easiest way (4,2,5,10) |
| EQUIP | "Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may ___ themselves at the expense of joy": E.M. Forster (5) |
| PARASITIC | Living at the expense of the host organism (9) |
| JUNKET | Trip taken by a politician at the expense of the government |
| ONTHEHOUSE | Given free, at the expense of the establishment (2,3,5) |
| ONUS | Burden at the expense of The Times? |
| SPARTA | City-state of ancient Greece, which focused on war and diplomacy at the expense of arts and philosophy (6) |
| REFORMACT | That of 1832 gave large industrial towns more electoral power at the expense of small boroughs (6,3) |
| INROAD | Advance made at the expense of another |
| ATE | Devoured at the expense of leaders (3) |
