| TRIUMPHS | Comes in first to try reportedly to drop speed in America (8) |
| MEMPHIS | Is after me with speed in US city |
| TEAR | Drop speed (4) |
| DASH | Drop speed |
| JAPONICA | River comes in first day of year (more or less) covering a shrub (8) |
| WINARACE | Come in first to fight over fashionable master (3,1,4) |
| CHINATEA | A teach-in, first to last on drink (5,3) |
| ASISEEIT | In my opinion, second mate is in sea reportedly to get it (2,1,3,2) |
| LARGESSE | Spending's first, reportedly, to show generosity (8) |
| IMMORTAL | Degenerate takes a drop of tonic, reportedly, to become indestructible (8) |
| TVANTENNAS | First to try lead part with singers in audition: they get a good reception (2,8) |
| FLYSPECK | Goes by airplane reportedly to get kiss that is contemptibly small (8) |
| BYSTREET | Obscure way, reportedly, to purchase Devon village (8) |
| EYESORES | First person found hand tools, reportedly, to be ugly things |
| COINCIDE | Agree inside reportedly to support business (8) |
| BORDEAUX | Carried money, reportedly, to get wine (8) |
| SHEAR | Shepherd's first to try to do what shepherds do annually (5) |
| CELLMATE | Flog chess move, reportedly to a fellow prisoner (4,4) |
| EXITPOLL | Leave East European reportedly to get early voting indication (4,4) |
| TRIPTYCH | Take journey, second, reportedly, to see work of art |
