| LEASTWISE | At any rate it's the most foolish (9) |
| INANEST | Made insane time the most foolish (7) |
| TAN | At any rate, it's a bit of leather colour (3) |
| LEASTWAYS | At any rate the French have a way to get several of the same (9) |
| THORNIEST | It's the most troublesome - shorten it somehow (9) |
| STUPIDEST | Reversal of positions that's most foolish |
| EVAPORATE | Peter out getting Eva back to work at any rate (9) |
| WONDERFUL | How Andy Williams describes Christmas in a 1963 song? It's the Most ___ Time of the Year |
| MIGHTIEST | Jet fighter: unexpectedly it's the most powerful |
| AFORTIORI | Asian leader is in favour of crushing riot on island - it's the most convincing conclusion (1,8) |
| TRIPLETIME | Timothy 1, Timothy II and Timothy III at the back of The Bible relates to Job? At this rate, it's very rewarding! (6,4) |
| STERNEST | Is at the back, at sea, getting established. It's the most challenging (8) |
| BARMIEST | Entering the outskirts of Beirut, military units appearing most foolish |
| UNWISEST | Most foolish lives in the East, say? |
| SILLIEST | Most foolish fibs about river sediment? On the contrary (8) |
| LITERAL | Misprint - I'll rate its producer |
| CHILI | The Scoville scale rates its pungency |
| FLAGSHIP | Jolly Roger moves pirates on the high seas, as it's the most important of its kind (8) |
| WILLIAMS | Andy, U.S. singer noted for the 1963 song It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (8) |
| ANDY | Forename of Looby Loo and Teddy's friend in a blue-and-white striped romper suit; or crooner Williams whose 1963 Christmas album includes the classic It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (4) |
