| BESTSHOT | Action with the highest chance of success |
| FALSEFLAG | Military action with the intention of blaming other parties |
| OFFTHECUFF | Impromptu action with the wrist? (3,3,4) |
| CREDIT | Direct action with the bank's money (6) |
| RUB | Genie action with the lamp |
| CALCULATEDRISK | Action with a good chance of success |
| NOTHINGDOING | Lack of action, with no prospect of success (7,5) |
| PYRENEES | Mountain range along the FrancoSpanish border with the highest peak Pico de Aneto; home of the griffon vulture (8) |
| PENNINES | With the highest peak Cross Fell in Cumbria, a range of hills known as the "backbone of England" (8) |
| ACES | Word originally for the sides of dice with single pips, later cards with the highest value in various games, hence excellent pilots or experts (4) |
| BLACK | Colour of the ball with the highest value in snooker (5) |
| ALASKA | The US state with the highest proportion of indigenous inhabitants |
| IDA | State with the highest % of land held by the Forest Service |
| GIMLIMANITOBA | Canadian city with the highest population of Icelanders outside of Iceland |
| SILVER | Ductile element with the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, symbol Ag; one ounce of whic |
| MIAMI | City with the highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world |
| SOPRANINO | Name given to the instrument with the highest possible pitch in a family of instruments (9) |
| RURAL | In a 2020 census, Vermont was the US state with the highest proportion of its population in ____ areas |
| AHMEDABAD | City in India with the highest Safety Index score of 68.6 in the 2025 Numbeo Crime Index. (9) |
| SAWATCH | Range with the highest point in the Rockies |
