| PREMIUM | From the Latin meaning "reward", a word for a prize or incentive; or, a bonus added to wages (7) |
| AWARD | General word for a prize, gong or accolade such as a Michelin star, blue flag or George Cross (5) |
| MIATA | Car whose name comes from Old High German word meaning "reward" |
| START | Old English "caper, fling, leap, plunge headlong", today a commencement or a sudden movement of surprise; dawn or sunrise; or, the beginning of a journey or a race, perhaps for a prize (5) |
| JACKPOTS | From a poker term for courtly pairs or pooling twos, a word for big cash prizes or lottery wins that "could be you" (8) |
| THESEA | Winner of the 2005 Booker prize (or half the winner of the 1978 Booker prize) |
| ATHLETE | Meaning "compete for a prize", a sportsman or sportswoman (7) |
| NOBEL | Who, also remembered for a prize, is commemorated in the name of the synthetic element with the symbol No and atomic number 102? (5) |
| COMPETE | Contend for a prize for a poem etc (7) |
| BOOK | Candidate for the Man Booker Prize or Newbery Medal |
| BELT | Boxing prize, or the third step of the ladder |
| WEARANDTEAR | Reward a neat construction affected by damage from over use (4,3,4) |
| TAMARADREWE | Reward a team, assembling for film (6,5) |
| CROCKOFGOLD | Unattainable reward, a valuable cup or saucer perhaps (5,2,4) |
| FILLIP | A stimulus or incentive (6) |
| CARROT | Something offered as an enticement or incentive (6) |
| LAUREATE | One crowned with bay leaves; winner of a Nobel prize; or, a person appointed as court poet of Britain (8) |
| ATROPHY | Was wasting away in the hunt for a prize object (7) |
| COMPETENT | Efficient way to contend for a prize with the National Trust (9) |
| RAFFLE | A means of raising money by selling numbered tickets for a prize draw (6) |
