| RHYMESTER | Writer of inferior verse (9) |
| POETASTER | Writer of inferior verse (9) |
| POETASTERS | American short-story writer previews writers of inferior verse (10) |
| CARDBOARD | Vulgar fellow hogging road, male of inferior quality? (9) |
| MOUSETRAP | Cheese of inferior quality (9) |
| SUBALTERN | Take sailors to court about North European of inferior rank (9) |
| CHEAPJACK | Fellow touring Spain, one in a suit, is a seller of inferior goods (9) |
| THIRDRATE | Of inferior or very poor quality (5-4) |
| DOGGEREL | Lodger, for example, composed inferior verse (8) |
| TAILING | Term for flour or grain of inferior quality; a cook's task of cutting the ends off gooseberries, mangetout, radishes, runner beans etc, as opposed to topping; or, the act of secretly following or shad |
| TAPIR | Make use of skin of inferior animal |
| ROWEL | Reverse edges of inferior part of spur (5) |
| BASE | Centre of operations of inferior quality |
| JOBLOT | Collection of items of inferior quality (3,3) |
| VENEER | Thin layer of superior wood glued to a base layer of inferior wood |
| BMOVIE | A low-budget film of inferior quality, originally the less publicised part of a double feature (1-5) |
| SECONDS | 60th parts of minutes; goods of inferior quality; or, sixers' assistants in Brownies, Cubs or Scouts (7) |
| CANISMINOR | One in headphones in front of inferior group of stars |
| ORIFICE | I force liquid out of top of inferior opening (7) |
| TATTIER | Line of inferior articles, they're of poorer quality (7) |
