| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| AIDED | Backed | |
| ENDORSED | Backed | |
| RENEGED | Backed out | |
| FINANCED | Backed (venture) | |
| GIBBOUS | Hunched; hump-backed. | |
| SEA COB | The black-backed gull. | |
| SADDLEBACK | Same as Saddle-backed. | |
| BEGGAR | Press rag backed tramp? | |
| NOR | Ron backed neither partner | |
| EXPERIMENTAL | Not yet backed by science | |
| FLUSHER | The red-backed shrike. See Flasher. | |
| MACARTNEY | A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback. | |
| CHROME | Metallic church backed by Italian city | |
| ACACIAS | Matcha regularly backed by CIA’s plants | |
| WINSOME | Charming place first backed by some | |
| PEDLAR | Federal deputy secretly backed antique dealer? | |
| GNOSIS | Ancient knowledge is backed by retro song | |
| SPASM | Health resort backed by some odd jerk | |
| KNOB | Bonk! Backed into part of a door | |
| NATIVE | Evian backed locking up last defiant local | |
| EASED UP | Slowed down heart disease. Duplicate backed off | |
| EASEDUP | Slowed down heart disease. Duplicate backed off | |
| SIDED | Aligned with team backed by deputy leader | |
| LORD | A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively. | |
| ENCORE | Repeated performance of off-putting crone backed by Earl | |