| BACHELORSDEGREE | None of them are fully committed to a certain extent - that's some measure of how clever they are (8 |
| ALLIN | Fully committed to a pot |
| ODDS | They may be even, but none of them are even |
| PAIDUP | Fully committed to help feeding dog |
| SAPS | Though not clever, they may possibly pass (4) |
| ROTOVATE | Use a machine to till ... to some extent that's zero to VAT expenses (8) |
| WELLPLAYED | "How clever of you!," and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| TOAD | In The Wind In The Willows he sang, of himself, "The clever men at Oxford; Know all that there is to be knowed; But they none of them know one half as much; As intelligent Mr ..." |
| BIRTH | Some species of skink lay eggs, while others give ___ to young that are fully developed |
| REGIMENT | I get men to get to the right like the good soldiers they are (8) |
| JACKOFALLTRADES | Knave first to love autumn crafts, but he's master of none of them (4,2,3,6) |
| ACRE | A clip around ear for leaders on the farm - it's some measure of what the farmers have to deal with (4) |
| BERGERE | In a spot for a snooze, pillow-case is plumped up by some measure of work |
| BRIGHT | No need to take a dim view of such scope images - how clever (6) |
| IDEALIST | One sees things as they should be rather than how they are (8) |
| RAGE | The number of people reached conceal how old they are (8) |
| COVE | The number of people reached conceal how old they are (8) |
| INDEEP | Too committed to a situation to get out of it (2 wds.) |
| TACHOMETER | Act drunk at address with half a bitter? It's some measure of what someone is driving at! (10) |
| CEMETERY | Church-yard's got some measure of length in the U.S., where one may rest in peace (8) |