| VOODOOCHILD | "I stand up next to a mountain/And I chop it down with the edge of my hand," boasted Hendrix (6,5) |
| SNICKING | Hitting with the edge of a cricket bat (8) |
| IGUANAS | Ana, Gus & I chop up some lizards (7) |
| CLIMB | "Oh, I love to ... a mountain; And reach the highest peak; But it doesn't thrill me half as much; As dancing cheek to cheek" |
| DILUTE | Water it down with the lute I'd made up (6) |
| SWILL | Wash it down with the pig-food (5) |
| START | Beginning with the edges of stardust (5) |
| ATHOS | A mountain and peninsula in north-east Greece, the site of 20 monasteries (5) |
| SNATCHED | Grabbed: the thief - it out of my hand |
| MEAE | My hands, of my hand: manus ____ |
| HOLLOW | Cavity: in the - of my hand |
| HANGBYAFRED | Do pull-ups next to Flintstone? |
| BONO | The band U2 was named the winner of the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize in September; this man, along with the Edge, will accept the prize on the group's behalf in Tulsa on Oct.21 |
| STO | I stand (up), I remain, I stand my ground, I persist |
| BELAY | The attachment of a climber to a mountain by tying the rope off round a rock spike or piton (5) |
| PUTT | Get it down with a stroke and the rub of the green.(4) |
| BREATHLESS | To say I'm on the edge of my seat (10) |
| BRECON | Market town in Powys, Wales, that gives its name to a mountain range to the south of it (6) |
| NERVOUS | I left plastic souvenir on the edge of my seat (7) |
| SEAT | "I'm on the edge of my ___!" |
