| SUTURING | American backing computer pioneer for surgical procedure |
| SUITABLE | Apt to get American backing, albeit with difficulty (8) |
| ESURIENT | Entire set up has American backing, is greedy (8) |
| ADELAIDE | American rang up American, backing European 6 (and 1) |
| FACELIFT | Prepare to go up or down for surgical treatment |
| ALLURING | Charming computer pioneer losing head after everything (8) |
| LOVELACE | Married name of the 19th-century mathematician and computer pioneer Augusta Ada Byron who, in her writings about Charles Babbage's analytical engine, pondered the notion of AI-generated music (8) |
| OPERATION | Choice about time for surgical procedure |
| SKINGRAFT | Court star strapped in the wings for surgical procedure (4,5) |
| APPENDECTOMY | Somehow coped with payment for surgical procedure (12) |
| OPS | Concessions first off for surgical procedures (3) |
| BEGAN | Was the pioneer, for instance, in catchup (5) |
| DRE | Gangsta pioneer, for short |
| OCCAM | Scot, army chief backing computer language (5) |
| SUIT | You and I objectively backing computer department proceedings |
| FOXYBROWN | I'll Be rapper who has been a pioneer for women in hip-hop: 2 wds. |
| COITUS | Italian and American backing for business congress (6) |
| SUDAN | American backing for a man in Africa (5) |
| SUPER | Great to get American backing for each (5) |
| RESALE | Turns up, energy for surgical beam in second-hand shop deal? (6) |
