| KINGOFTHECASTLE | Chess piece that works best from a hilltop? |
| ONTHEUP | Improving, like a hiker approaching a hilltop? (2,3,2) |
| ANABRANCH | Stream from a hilltop descending on farm |
| KITE | Toy that works best on a windy day |
| CREAMOFF | Unfairly take the best from a Merc convertible - that's bad (5,3) |
| OAR | Item that works best when it's half in the water |
| TEA | Caddy that works best indoors |
| TIRES | Group that works best under pressure? |
| SLED | Winter vehicle that works best on an incline |
| CHERRYPICK | Choose the best from a group (6,4) |
| NAB | A colloquialism meaning to catch, collar, grab, nick, nobble, seize or snatch; the cock of a gunlock or keeper of a door latch; a hilltop, projection or promontory; or, formerly, the head or a hat (3) |
| OUTMANOEUVRE | Published piece works best with guile (12) |
| CAIRN | A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline (5) |
| RIDGEWAY | A track, such as the ancient trail identified as Britain's oldest road, that follows a hilltop (8) |
| HOUSE | Home on a hilltop by a river (5) |
| RIDGE | Heading away from crossing hilltop? |
| TESTBAN | International treaty works best at noon (4,3) |
| ADMITDEFEAT | Concede maid works best after time (5,6) |
| ALIBI | It works best when airtight |
| ALLIGATOR | A small amount of liquid put up on a hilltop for wild creature (9) |
