| THEXFILES | First Fox show to finish in Nielsen's top 20 for a season |
| TVSITCOM | The 2005-06 season was the first since 1950-51 in which this type of show wasn't among Nielsen's top |
| ERA | LT leaves No 20 for a while (3) |
| TOE | One of 20 for a bear |
| OUTFORTHECOUNT | Defeated, running 20 for a specific nobleman |
| SPRING | Name, derived from a word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| FALLAPART | Save for a season in America, go to pieces |
| LINS | First N.F.L. team ever to go 0-16 for a season (2008) |
| HIMALAYAN | Dynasty in which I am, a place in 20, for example |
| THISONE | It was a Top 20 hit for Macca in 1989 (4,3) |
| MAGICAL | Irish racehorse that was rated in the top 20 in the world in 2018 and 2019 |
| FALL | It's £50 to join the FA for a season (4) |
| SPRINGS | Flies back for a season to point it out (7) |
| TIDE | Word for a season in Old English, later, the ebb and flow of the sea (4) |
| ETE | French word for a season hidden in "meter" |
| DRAWS | Schedules for a season's play in football, basketball or baseball |
| HYLTON | Surname of Javine who took part in Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 and went on to have five Top 20 singles (6) |
| KASEM | Casey who recently moved from the "Top 40" to the "Top 20" |
| EMMA | Top 20 name for newborn girls in the U.S. since 1999 |
| UNDERMYTHUMB | Rolling Stones song that gave Wayne Gibson a Top 20 hit in 1974 (5,2,5) |
