| COPYRIGHTED | Secured one's intellectual property, perhaps (11) |
| TIED | Secured one's garters as the match finished all-square (4) |
| NEGOTIATOR | Who once regularly secured one a rise? |
| JUNE | In Paris I secured one period (4) |
| DUMBDOWN | Lower one's intellectual standards (4,4) |
| MATCHWITSWITH | Test one's intellectual mettle against |
| HAVEAGOODMIND | Is one determined to improve one's intellectual capacity? (4,1,4,4) |
| TRADESECRET | Type of intellectual property |
| TYPE | Use keys to enter property, perhaps |
| FLEECE | Strip of property, perhaps |
| ASSERT | Declare property, perhaps, fringing river (6) |
| ASSET | Woman turned over property perhaps (5) |
| ABET | Hide someone's stolen property perhaps |
| EYESORE | Neglected property, perhaps |
| UNCLAIMED | Left in lost property, perhaps (9) |
| LIENEE | Person with property, perhaps |
| PRIMEREALESTATE | Oceanfront property, perhaps |
| SIDEEFFECT | Unintentional consequence of team acquiring property perhaps (4,6) |
| RENT | Pounds paid for property, perhaps (4) |
| GENIUS | Class included one intellectual (6) |
