| SHINNY | Climb a pole, say |
| APOSTASY | A Pole, say, controversially repudiating religion (8) |
| SHIN | Climb a pole |
| ANTARCTICA | Large area central to climate control around a Pole, say (10) |
| SHINS | Climbs a pole |
| APPOSITELY | Tip Pole, say, distributed in a suitable way |
| EUROPEAN | Pole, say, and a pure one, possibly (8) |
| SLID | Used a fire-station pole, say |
| EXPATS | Poles at the North Pole, say |
| ATWORLDSEND | Near the North or South Pole, say |
| LAV | Pole, say, heading off, finds somewhere to go |
| EUROPEANS | Poles, say, are up nose, weirdly (9) |
| FURLONG | Forty Poles say animal's coat wants trimming? (7) |
| ASCEND | Climb a post, you say? (6) |
| ALLIGATOR | A bit of spirit needed to climb a peak, which is dangerous and must be scaled (9) |
| IVY | Plant that might climb a tree or a wall |
| RANGE | Managed, say, to climb a series of mountains (5) |
| SWARM | Climb a rope away from a lot of bees (5) |
| ITSY | Adjective for a spider that doggedly tries to climb a waterspout despite incessant rain |
| MAPLE | Some could help a man to climb a tree |
