| HIGHFLIER | Person likely to reach the top (4-5) |
| ACME | Came around to reach the top (4) |
| UNDERACHIEVER | A foreign revolutionary raised by one getting things done is not likely to reach potential (13) |
| ANNAWELLS | Who became the first woman to reach the top of all Scotlands 282 Munros in one winter season? (4,5) |
| LIABILITY | Debt - person likely to cause problems (9) |
| DUSTSTORM | Event in the desert cleans hill and mountain top (4-5) |
| HEADDRESS | The man, his abode, and what he wears on top (4-5) |
| LASTDITCH | Desperate attempt to get rid of rocky salt on top (4-5) |
| FAVOURITE | Specially dear person - likely winner (9) |
| RUNNERSUP | They"ll reach the top first ___ in seconds (7-2) |
| KRAKENS | Legendary sea monsters resembling giant squids, said to be big enough to reach the top of a sailing ship's main mast and to dwell off the coast of Norway (7) |
| JOINER | Person likely to be at the top of a sign-up sheet |
| LETITGO | First Disney song to reach the top 5 on Billboard in the 21st century |
| HURRYUP | Move quickly to reach the top (5,2) |
| ASPIRED | The ambition they always had to reach the top (7) |
| JOKERINTHEPACK | Hijacker kept on removing person likely to have an unpredictable effect (5,2,3,4) |
| FLYBYNIGHT | Untrustworthy person, likely to abscond (3-2-5) |
| ROTTENAPPLE | Corrupt person, likely to affect others (6,5) |
| TEETOTALER | Person likely to pass the bar |
| TOUT | Person likely to acquire the first tranche of tickets released? |
