### Clue: Take a breather, others working — I progress spectacularly (4,2,4,4)
### Answer: REST ON ONES OARS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Take a breather
 REST(the others apart from us) + ON(working, as with an electrical appliance) + [ ONE SOARS ](one – refering to the speaker, as in "one finds this crossword hard" – progresses spectacularly;increases rapidly).