| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | Frenetically head for that top A with the slightest encouragement (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| TOPSHELF | Head for that woman left with key to playboy's location (3,5) |
| ENNIS | Has no head for that racket in Clare (5) |
| CHARGER | Device that tops a battery up with electricity (7) |
| ICING | Fondant that tops a cake (5) |
| TAKESTHEBISCUIT | Gets cracker that tops everything (5,3,7) |
| TAB | Versatile word with meanings including an aerofoil, a bill, a cigarette, a collar insignia, a dose of LSD, a flap, a fob, a loop of a theatrical curtain, the drape itself, musical notation, a pill, a |
| CONGRATULATIONS | 'Well done' message that tops cakes |
| EMPTYSET | In maths, the union of A with the ____ is A |
| SCARLETLETTER | 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring a red "A," with "The" |
| CASTOR | A flour dredger-like pepperette or sugar shaker with a perforated top; a sextuple star system that is Pollux's less-bright twin in Gemini; a beaver, its genus or a hat from its fur; or, a small swivel |
| BIGS | Step up from Triple-A, with "the" |
| GETTY | Cultural attraction in L.A., with "the" |
| EROS | What is the popular name for the figure that tops the memorial fountain to the Seventh Earl of Shaft |
| COUNTER | A tally, teller, timer or totaliser; a tiddlywink or points-tracker; a token representing a coin; a kitchen top; a turnstile or till's table over which takeaways, teas or tickets are traded and legal |
| OKLAHOMAKID | 1939 Western starring 61-A (with "The") |
| RHOMB | From Greek for "bull-roarer", "magic wheel" or "spinning top", a quadrilateral also called a diamond or a kite; or, a lozenge-shaped thing (5) |
| LEST | For fear that top level split ends join |
| ATTIC | It takes a cat to get in that top room (5) |
| ATTEST | Bear witness that I was at that top game (6) |
