| CLIMBER | He's going up - a mountain, or in status! (7) |
| MEDIOCRE | From "halfway up a mountain" or "somewhat rugged/mountainous", a word meaning "of middle height or degree" originally, later "average, ordinary, rather inferior, so-so" (8) |
| CATALPA | Feline going up a mountain? No, a tree (7) |
| SKILIFT | Transport for people going up a mountain slope in winter resorts (3,4) |
| IBERIAN | Energy for nothing in a city going up a peninsula (7) |
| ATTEMPT | Word for an endeavour to summit a mountain or to surpass a record; or, an effort or try generally (7) |
| NATURAL | Frank Brown's going up a river in Russia (7) |
| ORIGAMI | Going up - a regular payment to support setter's work in paper (7) |
| THINAIR | What you might find on top of a mountain or under a rug in the East End? |
| TOURIST | He's going the rounds in a pleasurable sort of way (7) |
| TALLBOY | Is he going to be a big man in furniture? (7) |
| LAGGARD | Slowly pass young woman going up, a dawdler |
| HOTSEAT | Those horrible cheers going up -a tricky situation (3,4) |
| GENTILE | Does this man lie about his ordinary status! |
| POP | Sound heard going up a mountain, maybe |
| ANTE | What poker players do, going up a mountain (4) |
| SKIDDAW | Runner having to start waddling up a mountain! (7) |
| GONDOLA | Struggling along carrying party way up a mountain (7) |
| SPEEDER | He's going too fast... turns north instead of east halfway along... and is clearly a big man of distinction (7) |
| CLOTHES | Fool he's going to clobber (7) |
