| CLEVEREST | Catholic student reached highest point, being the most bright |
| PIQUED | Irritated when said to have reached highest point (6) |
| PEEKED | Had a sly look as one reached highest point, one hears (6) |
| PLAINSPEAKING | After flat area, reaching highest point, being bluff (5,8) |
| SNUGGEST | Hint about the first in the nest being the most cosy (8) |
| NOISIEST | The most inquisitive about one being the most rackety (8) |
| MORRIS | All-rounder who joined the Royals in 2021, after being the most expensive player ever at the IPL auction |
| RASHEST | Being the most reckless, has upset all the others around |
| SUREST | Being the most certain, American returns with the others (6) |
| CRUDEST | Custer is upset about the daughter being the most vulgar (7) |
| NAUGHTIEST | Nothing that is on the way to being the most misbehaved |
| IRONIC | Like the Bible being the most shoplifted book |
| LIMIT | Fifty-one on the motorway, it being the most one can do (5) |
| UPTOTHEMINUTE | Depending on the very small being the most modern (2,2,3,6) |
| PERKIEST | Most bright-eyed and bushy-tailed |
| NIMBI | Clouds naturally impair most bright images at first (5) |
| LIGHTEST | Most bright learner, one good on hard exam (8) |
| SUNNIEST | Most bright and clear (8) |
| SHINIEST | Quiet popular site, twinkling most bright (8) |
| EIGER | Famous Swiss mountain, with its north face probably being the most difficult climb in the Alps |
