| CHAMPION | There's none better than he who will defend a cause (8) |
| ADVOCATES | People who uphold or defend a cause; supporters (9) |
| WELLDEFINED | We will defend another one included that's clear and precisely determined (4-7) |
| SADDLERS | Workers, perhaps none better, but all they make goes on horses (8) |
| JOHNMUIR | Who said "In every walk with Nature, one receives far more than he seeks" |
| SOCLASSY | "If you knew Susie, like I know Susie; Oh, oh, oh what a girl; There's none ... as this fair lassie; Oh, oh, Holy Moses, what a chassis!" (2,6) |
| INACTION | There's none of this in battle (8) |
| FAUXNAIF | Local animals provided, including cross - less stupid than he looks |
| WARRANTY | Desire to defend a bishop close to holy covenant |
| BARBICAN | Fortified projection that defends a drawbridge (8) |
| ALLRIGHT | There's none left, OK? (3,5) |
| APOLOGIA | One defends a sport I introduced into Georgia |
| SINGEDCAT | Do a number worry about District Commissioner? He's better than he seems |
| ROUGHDIAMOND | Hoodlum, one in a suit, who may be better than he appears |
| NAE | 'He's just-___ better than he should be': Burns |
| MALINGERER | He's better than he makes himself out to be (10) |
| PEER | Look - you're no better than he is! (4) |
| LOSER | Victor, presumably, did better than him! (5) |
| SILVERMEDALLIST | There's only one better than him of course (6,9) |
| JOHN | Pembrokeshire-born portraitist, Augustus, who prophesied that his sister, Gwen, would one day be considered a better artist than he (4) |
