| COPPERSULPHATE | Compound version of top clue, perhaps (6,8) |
| TOP | Cartoon series, a much cooler version of top hat? (3,3) |
| CAT | Cartoon series, a much cooler version of top hat? (3,3) |
| PUTONTHEMAP | Publicise leading revolutionary version of top anthem (3,2,3,3) |
| STRAIGHTANSWER | Surprisingly open response to a cryptic clue, perhaps (8,6) |
| COUPLET | Top clue represented in lines of verse |
| CANTALOUPE | Devise a top clue about a new type of melon (10) |
| VICTORIACROSS | Award winner with top clue |
| OCTUPLE | Top clue spelled out eight times (7) |
| POULTICE | Top clue I fancy for healing material (8) |
| TIP | Top clue! (3) |
| CUSTODIAL | Kind of sentence said to become confused in incomplete clue, perhaps |
| LEADINGLIGHT | Luminary description of this clue, perhaps? (7,5) |
| RECLUSIVE | Endlessly revise clue, perhaps: 'Avoiding the company of others' (9) |
| EDITS | Cleans up a bunch of clues, perhaps (*autobiographical clue alert*) |
| PUZZLING | "Dog grabbing no sleep upset" - description of a cryptic clue, perhaps? (8) |
| ANAGRAM | Type of cryptic clue, perhaps, that might feature a horse and sheep |
| OHMY | Cry of astonishment ... and phrase uttered immediately after saying the plural form each of the answers to the three starred clues, perhaps? |
| GOFORACRUISE | Make a choice of holiday, and pick any of the films that are answers to asterisked clues, perhaps (12) |
| PUN | Crossword clue, perhaps |
