| DOTHERIGHTTHINGRUSH | Advice to a young Limbaugh: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| BEPOLITEEMILY | Advice to a young Post: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| THINKPOSITIVEDALE | Advice to a young Carnegie: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| LIVEDANGEROUSLYEVEL | Advice to a young Knievel: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| STOPTALKINGMARCEL | Advice to a young Marceau: "If you want to succeed, ___!" |
| SHAPEUPARNOLD | Advice to a young Schwarzenegger: "If you want to succceed, ___!" |
| GOWEST | Horace Greeley's advice to a young man (2,4) |
| INTHEVERSEWAY | How badly poets want to succeed? |
| DOWEL | Peg wants to succeed for the most part |
| GIRASOL | Gem since added to a ring given to a young lady (7) |
| ASPIRANT | One who wants to succeed |
| TOY | To a young beginner, a mere plaything (3) |
| NIECE | It's nice to point to a young lady in the family (5) |
| RUBS | Give a massage to a young girl (4) |
| KITTEN | Know it takes time to get through to a young thing |
| STOP | You do this to a young plant by pinching out the tip (4) |
| NEARMISS | Failure to get close to a young lady? (4,4) |
| UGLY | Adjective applied, in a Hans Christian Andersen story, to a young waterfowl (4) |
| HEVER | Village in Kent, site of a 15th-century moated manor once home to a young Anne Boleyn that was restored in the 20th century for the 1st Viscount Astor (5) |
| WALMART | J.C. Penney once provided merchandising tips at one of his stores to a young man named Sam; Sam went on to found this, the world's largest company |
