| STILES | From the Anglo-Saxon meaning "to climb", steps or ladders over walls or hedges along rural footpaths (6) |
| EARL | From the Anglo-Saxon meaning "chief", the oldest title and rank of English nobles (4) |
| PURPORT | Meaning to climb up, right and left (7) |
| HAHA | Laughter, hedge along a ditch (2-2) |
| TRAIL | Rural footpath (5) |
| RAMBLER | A person who enjoys walking in the countryside; or, a rose flowering freely over cottages, arches, walls or hedges (7) |
| ELDER | Thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon for "fire" due to its hollow stems used to blow air on embers, the tree Sambucus, with berries/flowers used for cordial, jam, presse and wine (5) |
| GATES | Wickets in fences, garden walls or hedges; or, passages into cities (5) |
| FLATONTHEGROUND | UK apartment you don't have to climb steps to? |
| BALLET | Advise a bishop to climb steps in Covent Garden (6) |
| CODLING | A variety of elongated cooking apple whose name derives from the Anglo-Norman French meaning "lion-heart" or, a small or immature fish in the genus Gadus (7) |
| STILE | Word, from the Germanic "climb, stair", for a clapper, stepladder, squeeze-belly or tumbledown over or through a wall or hedge (5) |
| PAPER | Made from the cellulose pulp of linen, mulberry, esparto or wood,a material upon which to write, draw or print, decorate walls or wrap gifts; or, a scholarly essay (5) |
| STAIR | One of a flight of steps; or, in the Scots language, the entire series of said treads, from landing to floor (5) |
| ECHELON | Derived from the French for rung or ladder, a step-like body of aircraft, troops or ships also used to describe birds in flight or a peloton in crosswinds (7) |
| KIDDLES | Word from Anglo-Norman for fish-weirs consisting of dams or hedges of wattles, stakes and nets in rivers or streams (7) |
| HAMPER | From the Anglo-Norman French meaning "case for a goblet", a basket for a picnic or one containing food for a special occasion (6) |
| CREEPERS | Crawls along the ground and tries to get over walls (8) |
| FLIGHT | Tail of a dart; series of steps or canal locks; or, one of the words for a flock of doves or swallows (6) |
| ROUTINES | Set sequences of choreographed dance steps or figure-skating moves; day-to-day unvarying procedures; or, comedians' acts (8) |
