| TOPFLIGHT | Best escape at the highest level |
| INTHETOPFLIGHT | Having attained highest rank during best escape (2,3,3,6) |
| TOPSECRET | Classified at the highest level of security (3,6) |
| JAILBREAK | In Paris, I have left holiday escape at the Bastille? (9) |
| INTHEZONE | Mentally attuned to perform at the highest level (2,3,4) |
| TOPDRAWER | Bringing back prize and trophy at the highest level |
| HIMALAYAN | Greeting Asian national at the highest level (9) |
| SPLITENDS | Leave goals as a problem at the highest level? (5,4) |
| UPPERMOST | Prompts EU action at the highest level (9) |
| SATELLITE | Latest lie reproduced - it goes round at the highest levels |
| HALFLIGHT | Escape at end of short passage in gloom |
| TOPNOTCH | The best to be nicked at the highest level? (3,5) |
| ESCHEW | Steer clear of explosive wife, wanting escape at the outset (6) |
| INTHENICKOFTIME | Banged up frequently, Julius is last to escape (at the eleventh hour) (2,3,4,2,4) |
| CLOSESHAVE | Narrow escape at the barber's (5,5) |
| INTOPGEAR | At the highest shift |
| FIRSTLIGHT | Characters in stir involved in escape at the crack of dawn (5,5) |
| PEAKED | Got to the point at the highest level? |
| TOUPEE | Cover-up at the highest level? (6) |
| ROOFGARDEN | Possibly garner food in plots at the highest level (4,6) |
