| UNDERRATING | Placing too little importance on a subordinate seaman? |
| CASHCROP | Retro veranda's cooling device is item of importance on a farm (4,4) |
| OVERBURDENING | Placing too great a load on |
| CARDINAL | From Latin for "hinge", a senior RC priest, regarded as of pivotal importance, on which everything else turns; or, a fritillary butterfly, redbird or shade of scarlet, in a hue reminiscent of said pre |
| OVERATE | Consumed too much but put too much importance on it, we hear (7) |
| BILLING | Film actor's importance on trailers (7) |
| STRESS | Place importance on anxiety |
| LADYSTRESSES | Mistress places importance on flowers |
| COG | Word for any one of the sprockets of a gear or other toothed wheel, thus for a subordinate who performs a routine or small part in a greater system (3) |
| SIDESHOW | A subordinate incident of little importance relative to the main event (8) |
| RELATIVE | ____ pronoun, a word e.g. 'who' that links a subordinate to a main clause (8) |
| VASSALAGE | In a feudal system, a subordinate state (9) |
| SECONDFIDDLE | Mess around after little time in a subordinate role (6,6) |
| VASSAL | A Slav's possibly a subordinate (6) |
| DELEGATE | Representative appearing on behalf of others; entrust to a subordinate (8) |
| CLAUSE | In a sentence, it may be the main one or a subordinate |
| SUBHEAD | What is a subordinate division of a title (7) |
| JUNIOR | ____ partner, one in a subordinate role in a law firm (6) |
| STOOGING | Acting in a subordinate manner |
| ASSIST | Work as a subordinate (6) |
