| ANTE | Upfront cash invested in important enterprise |
| EUROS | Cash invested in amateur, ostensibly (5) |
| DISCHARGES | Cashiers organised cash invested in sad music (10) |
| KITSCHY | Cheap clothes reserved, minimum of cash invested (7) |
| OEDIPUS | Dictionary, American, minimal cash invested - a tragedy (7) |
| KEYWEST | I and others in important street in a Florida city |
| EPIC | "I have lived in important places, times when great events were decided" is the first line in which Patrick Kavanagh poem? (4) |
| ABNORMAL | Oddball born in important Buddhist uprising becomes deviant (8) |
| TESTCASE | Cassette destroyed in important legal action (4,4) |
| SEMIFINAL | It is provided in important cup match (9) |
| MINIM | Measure freedom in important cases |
| ANTIS | They're against getting involved in important issues |
| CLEANUP | In important competition, be inclined to win everything (5,2) |
| BATTIEST | Most eccentric cricketer getting single in important match (8) |
| CLAMMEDUP | Made no comment, getting thrashed in important match? (7,2) |
| TESTMATCH | After trial, striker appears in important fixture (4,5) |
| PLAYOFF | Under pressure to pass the ball in important match |
| TESTMATCHES | Put strikers through their paces in important games |
| ERECT | Standing up in important ceremony |
| TRIPOS | Blunders getting no marks in important examination |
