| CRACKERJACK | First-rate or top-of-the-line |
| BLUECHIP | First-rate or second-rate clue, the first to be last in (4-4) |
| HOUR | Word after "man of the" or "top of the" |
| CANOPY | Part on the parachute; or, Top of the trees |
| ENDORSE | Sign at the bottom or top of the second (7) |
| HITPARADE | A blow on the promenade or Top of the Pops? (3,6) |
| PATE | Crown or top of the head (4) |
| COAT | A fleece, pelage or pelt; or, any other outer covering, such as an application of paint/varnish, blanket of dust, husk of a seed, jacket, layer of a bulb or top of a suit of armour (4) |
| FINIAL | From Latin for "end", an ornament or pommel in the form of an acorn, foliated fleur-de-lis, pine cone, poppy-head, spike etc at the end or top of a bench, curtain pole, gable or spire (6) |
| CRESTS | Manes of horses; plumes or tufts of birds or helmets; identifying rings on arrows; or, tops of hills or waves (6) |
| ROOF | Top of the mouth, or top of a house |
| CREST | The top of a wave or top of a mountain (5) |
| COPPIN | Dialect for the crest or top of a hill; or, a conical mass of thread on a spindle, possibly tump-shaped (6) |
| AWN | Cut top of grass or top of cereal (3) |
| HAIL | Descent or cascade of water or snow; a decrease in size or rate; or, another word for autumn (4) |
| MASTHEAD | It's found at top of pole or top of columns (8) |
| HIGHEND | Top-of-the-line, and what each of the four longest puzzle answers begins with? |
| PASTEL | Sort of colour to stick on top of the line (6) |
| CAIRN | A pile of stones that marks a boundary or top of a mountain (5) |
| LID | A cap, cover or top of something, such as an eye, pen, pie or pot (3) |
