| SPLASHES | Climbing mountains, the girl's making headline stories in paper (8) |
| STREAMER | Rare stem, possibly making headline (8) |
| DENISHEALEY | Former Chancellor making headline? Yes (5,6) |
| HATHAWAY | Actress who appeared in Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada and as Fantine in the 2012 film of Les Miserables (8) |
| MOLASSES | Maureen and girls making something from sugar (8) |
| FROWNING | Father confessing to be making headlines (8) |
| BRANDISH | Show off like a comedian making headlines in 2023? |
| BENNEVIS | In the annual 14km race up and down this mountain, the record time is Kenny Stuart’s 1:25:34 in 1984 |
| STERLING | Ten girls making money (8) |
| MAUNALOA | Hawaii Island's 'Long Mountain'; the largest active volcano in the world (5,3) |
| MAUNAKEA | Hawaii's 'White Mountain', the second-highest island mountain in the world (5,3) |
| SPLASHED | Climbing mountains, female had made waves (8) |
| MISPLACE | Lose timid people outside climbing mountains (8) |
| PLACARDS | Climbing mountains, jokers call for publicity |
| NATURALS | Talented people become less pale, climbing mountains |
| PLATONIC | Climbing mountain's something invigorating and philosophical in nature |
| ALPINISM | Sport of climbing mountains |
| DEBONAIR | Breezy society girl making a broadcast (8) |
| TEENAGER | Young girl making a mess of neater clothes, say, being contrarian (8) |
| RIGATONI | Kit and a girl making pasta (8) |
