| PRECIPITOUS | Dangerously high or steep |
| SCALED | Climbed up (something high or steep) |
| BEAMERS | Dangerously high deliveries in cricket (7) |
| SUNGODS | 'Apollo! Horus! Ra!' being chanted, becomes dangerously high (3-4) |
| NOSEDIVE | Sudden or steep plunge or drop (8) |
| DROP | An abrupt or steep fall or slope (4) |
| PLATEAU | A raised, flat-surfaced area that is bounded on one or more sides by cliffs or steep slopes (7) |
| CRAG | A cliff or steep rugged rock face; or, shelly sandstone of East Anglia (4) |
| BOLD | A word used to mean confident, courageous, daring or fearless; conspicuous; full-bodied/flavoured; heavy/thick, as in type; or, steep (4) |
| MARINADE | From "pickle in brine", a word for spiced oil, vinegar or wine in which to infuse, souse or steep food (8) |
| BRINE | Word for very salty water, thus the sea; or, saline solution in which to saturate, soak, sop, souse or steep (5) |
| SOAK | To marinade, saturate or steep, be it in barbecue sauce, bath water, brandy or other liquor, even cheap (4) |
| RUGGED | Rocky or steep (6) |
| BLUFF | Cliff or steep bank |
| CRAIGS | Scots term for cliffs or steep rocks (6) |
| MARINATE | Space to keep boats at fair rate or steep? (8) |
| BRAE | Scottish word for a hillside or steep bank (4) |
| FIORD | Narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes (5) |
| CABLECAR | Vehicle for taking people up mountains or steep hills (5,3) |
| IMMERSE | Soak or steep, like in a way of thinking |
