Possible Clues:

• Outdo previous top performer, by the sound of it
• Partly agreed to excise half - it will still surpass expectation
• Do better than most of Spain cross with church writer?
• Go beyond newsman once embracing church
• Outdo or surpass
• Better, except when editor’s replacing short part
• Top business chief meets top guy at press, the former turning tail
• Surpass old news boss embracing church
• Overtake roughly in British river, lapping over another going north
• Overtake old car made by Kia