| OFFTHERECORD | Unofficially failing to beat previous best |
| RECORDBREAKER | Person having surpassed the previous best (6-7) |
| EXCEL | Surpass previous best (5) |
| RECORDBREAKING | Surpassing a previous best result |
| WELSHRABBIT | Cheesy toast from weak player in previous best team (5,6) |
| SETANEWRECORD | Surpass the previous best with the latest release? (3,1,3,6) |
| GATECRASH | Detain Conservative ill-advised to join party unofficially |
| PLINKING | Penny is making the connection to airgunning, unofficially (8) |
| HYMN | "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," for the US Navy, unofficially |
| WILDCATSTRIKE | Tiger, eg, to attack when employees are out unofficially |
| FLYPITCH | Pilot quietly longing for somewhere to trade, unofficially |
| NEWMEXICO | State which unofficially has given a 17-vote edge to Bush |
| BRENDA | Woman who recently got unofficially married to Bob Hope in Emmerdale (6,6) |
| NATIONALTREASURE | Title unofficially awarded to Dame Judi Dench and Sir David Attenborough |
| EMINENCE | Person wielding power secretly or unofficially; originally applied to Pere Joseph (1577-1638) (8) |
| GRISE | Person wielding power secretly or unofficially; originally applied to Pere Joseph (1577-1638) (5) |
| OPENSECRET | So pretence turns out to be what everybody knows unofficially (4,6) |
| TARANDFEATHER | Unofficially punish (3,3,7) |
| OFFTHECUFF | Unofficially - improvised (3,3,4) |
| SQUAT | Low-rise premises unofficially occupied (5) |
