| OUTPLAYING | Away from home on stage and being the best in the game |
| TOPNOTCHERS | Best in the game |
| LIVE | Be at home on stage, with a different sound (4) |
| COMMUTABLE | Reachable from home on a daily basis |
| BARDEM | Javier _, star of the films Dune: Part Two and Being the Ricardos (6) |
| NEXTOFKIN | .... and being the closest, relatively speaking (4,2,3) |
| CARRYOUT | Execute, and remove from house on a stretcher (5,3) |
| INEARNEST | Really not far from home on island |
| HEIGHHO | Expression of weariness coming from house on hill, mostly (5-2) |
| STORAGE | Van finally removed from house on street, space reserved (7) |
| CHERRY | Small stone fruit of which the best in the world is said to be of the Picota variety from Extremadura in western Spain; in spring, trees that bear this fruit colour many parts of Mallorca with pink bl |
| TOPOL | Chaim ___, actor best known for playing Tevye the milkman in the musical Fiddler on the Roof on stage and in the 1971 film version |
| JIMMYGUTHRIE | Late, great Flying Scotsman who was one of the best in the world during the 1930s. (5,7) |
| EASPRASANNA | Ex-india off-spinner - one of the best in the world (1,1,1,8) |
| GREATEST | The best in the field locate rebel targets around Spain (8) |
| LEADERS | Dealers becoming the best in the business (7) |
| BEASTS | Those animals - they're the best in the state! (6) |
| STARPUPIL | The best in the astronomy class? (4,5) |
| STAYER | He's the best in the long run (6) |
| ALLPRO | Like the best in the NFL |
