| GROVERCLEVELAND | A king once again about neck and neck with a statesman |
| VALID | Acceptable shape of neck with a top |
| RACINGCAR | Going neck-and-neck with accountant registered with Ferrari (6,3) |
| DEAD | Finish neck and neck with cold and fever (4,4) |
| HEAT | Finish neck and neck with cold and fever (4,4) |
| TIE | Be neck-and-neck with couple (3) |
| ARTHUR | A king once and a king one day? |
| GLADSTONE | ?Yes" from a girl initially taken with a statesman (9) |
| GORDIUS | Our digs fit for a king once |
| NIAGARA | A king, once more climbing, falls here |
| CLEVELAND | City honest with a statesman (9) |
| BOLO | A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. |
| BOLA | A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie. |
| REASSESSED | Thought once again about beasts getting distressed ending (10) |
| REEDUCATE | Train once again about to carry English old money east |
| RETELL | Narrate once again about legendary Swiss marksman (6) |
| VAMPIRE | Olivia Rodrigo single whose cover art depicts a neck with two bandages |
| RAFFLES | With an ant, butterfly fish, horse race, woodpecker and the world's largest flower named after him, a statesman and naturalist who founded Singapore, the Zoological Society of London and London Zoo (7 |
| TORC | Curator concerned about neck ornament (4) |
| PRESUMPTUOUSNESS | Soft, expensive cape wrapping about neck |