| GOESFORGOLD | Aims for the top like a dogrose with a golf handicap (4,3,4) |
| SCRATCH | A golf handicap of zero strokes |
| KLEPTOMANIA | Urge to lift top, like a terribly round fellow (11) |
| BALDASACOOT | Free from follicle fillings on top, like a fulika |
| BARSTAFF | Stick with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch (3,5) |
| TAUSTAFF | Supporting stick with a crosspiece at the top like a crutch (3,5) |
| CEP | A small edible "penny bun" with a top like a little cake, yet named for being like a tree trunk or a stake (3) |
| WEDGEEARNER | Worker rewarded with a golf club? |
| SAPHEAD | Drain the top, like a fool |
| SPORTSILLUSTRATED | [aria-label] Depiction of a person with a tennis racket and a person with a golf club * This puzzle has an important note. Tap the "i" to read. * |
| OUTBURST | A tantrum or blowing of one's top, like a balloon's sudden explosive pop (8) |
| GOALS | Aims for the balls that get into the football net (5) |
| IDEALIST | A student tidies away clothes? He aims for the best (8) |
| HOLDDOWN | Remain on top like a duvet should? (4,4) |
| SCALED | Reached the top - like many swimmers? (6) |
| TARGETS | Aims for the hand and hits it (7) |
| EROS | He aims for the heart, of course (4) |
| LOB | Tennis shot that aims for the baseline skyline |
| MARCELLA | Name, referring to France's second city and its traditional white quilting, of a pique fabric with a golf ball- or waffle-like surface, formerly used for summer waistcoats (8) |
| SCLAFF | Scrape the ground with a golf club before hitting the ball |