| RFK | Who said "Every time you stand up for an ideal, you send forth a tiny ripple of hope," briefly |
| ARISE | Stand up for an increase in pay (5) |
| CAST | To contrive or send forth a magical spell; a rigid plaster of Paris shell; the dramatis personae of a drama or play; a throw of dice or anything else; or, a group of bees, crabs or falcons (4) |
| LOFTY | The sort of ideal you find in the roof space? (5) |
| UTOPIAN | Ideal you hear from tenor and piano composer (7) |
| ROGEREBERT | Who said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it" |
| LOUISCK | Comedian who said "Every day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery" |
| BLOW | To send forth a current of air (4) |
| NEHRU | World leader who said "Every little thing counts in a crisis" |
| EMIT | Send forth, a little unremittingly |
| RUN | A dash, gallop or sprint forth; a trickle of paint or spread of dye; a series of unravelled stitches forming a ladder; a journey; a chicken coop; a ski trail; or, the migration of salmon (3) |
| UBERMENSCH | Nietzsche's name for an ideal human of the future, with values of their own rather than those of the past |
| PASTRAMI | Thing offered every time you go home even though you've been a vegetarian for years now |
| EBERT | He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it" |
| FINDTHERIGHTFIT | Look for an ideal partner ... or Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle? |
| UTOPIA | This word for an ideal world was invented by Thomas More for his satirical 1516 work |
| ROE | Ripple of excitement opens for swimmers of the future (3) |
| WAVELET | Little ripple of a grouping of twelve (7) |
| GETUP | What Bob Marley tells you to do before you stand up? |
| FLING | Cast presumably isn't an issue for An Ideal Husband (5) |
