| INDIANROPETRICK | In which boy on the climb has no means of support (6,4-5) |
| APPETITE | Old man making climb has little desire |
| BROKE | Having no means of support, collapsed (5) |
| UNPROMISEDFOR | With no means of support (10-3) |
| SOPHIERHYSJONES | The Countess of Wessex's pre-royal name (6,4-5) |
| SCOUT | Former signalbox on the climb to Shap (5,5) |
| GREEN | Former signalbox on the climb to Shap (5,5) |
| PATHS | Ways in which boy or girl has lost heart? |
| OHBOY | My tough love has inspired hatred primarily on the climb (2,3) |
| KNIT | Join some unit in Kenya on the climb (4) |
| RONDO | Movement in which boy takes first note (5) |
| CANADIAN | North American jail in which boy turns up or Russian girl goes down (8) |
| SONATA | Moonlight, for example, in which boy's regularly astray (6) |
| MOWGLI | Invented by Rudyard Kipling, which boy was raised by wolves in the forests of India? (6) |
| DIMWIT | Fool's nervous carrying weight on the climb (6) |
| HUMBLE | Such pie as one eats on the climb-down (6) |
| CONDESCENDING | Deigning to see Conservative on the climb-down (13) |
| SCHOOL | Train from Switzerland passing through bogs on the climb |
| SORBET | Ice starts to trouble experienced brothers on the climb |
| RUNNERBEAN | The Messenger and Beano, for the most part, is a little green in the development stage and requires support (6,4) |
