| BUSKIN | An ancient Athenian tragedian's thick-soled laced boot, worn to gain height; the Greek cothurnus equivalent; or, tragedy as a genre (6) |
| RANKINE | Of which scale, named after a Scottish physicist and based on the Fahrenheit degree, does 491.67 equ |
| WADERS | High waterproof boots worn to walk through water like the herons, plovers, stilts and other long-legged birds of the same name (6) |
| ADMISSIONFEZ | Cap required to be worn to gain entry? |
| SOPHOCLES | Athenian tragedian who wrote Antigone and Electra |
| TIMON | "The Lion King" character who shares his name with an ancient Athenian |
| AGREETODISAGREEK | Go along with harsh criticism of an ancient Athenian? |
| PYGMY | Averaging 130cm in height, the Congo Mbuti people belong to which subpopulation? (5) |
| LOWERED | Reduced the height: - the bar |
| PEASANT | Winger that's game but lacking height, the poor fellow! |
| COTHURNI | Thick-soled boots worn in ancient Greek theatre |
| HITLISTS | Height's the reason people go to see the Leaning Tower, people who have to go? (3,5) |
| THERMAL | A rising or spiralling current of warm air used by balloonists, birds and gliders to gain height (7) |
| STILTED | Awkward when trying to gain height thus? (7) |
| AVIATOR | A classical way to gain height as a flier (7) |
| STEPLADDER | Folding apparatus to gain height (10) |
| SOAR | They say it's painful to gain height |
| ASCEND | Dances about to gain height (6) |
| EURIPIDES | One of the three ancient Greek tragedians, some of whose works have survived in full |
| TABU | (Japan) Thick-soled ankle socks with division for the big toe (4) |
