| BLITZKRIEG | Hitler's offensive, second-rate, Ritz-like development on top of Grossglockner (10) |
| BLITZ | Offensive second-rate books written by unknown (5) |
| ILKESTON | Derbyshire town likes development to the north (8) |
| GAMUT | Scale face of Grossglockner on being evacuated from a mount |
| HAIRGROWTH | Development on one's head, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| STALINGRAD | Hand-to-hand fighting continued in this Russian city as Hitler's offensive stalled in October, 1942 |
| AUFAIT | Abreast of the latest developments on the other side of the channel (2,4) |
| ESTONIA | Development on a site in Eastern Europe (7) |
| KUDOS | Kept up development on small beginnings - well done |
| FITZGERALD | Author whose Tales of the Jazz Age collection includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (10) |
| AUSTRIA | Land-locked European country, home of the Grossglockner, the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass (7) |
| ALPS | Chain of mountains in Europe including the Grossglockner, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc (4) |
| BATTLEOF | Hitler's offensive struggle with weight? (6,2,3,5) |
| THEBULGE | Hitler's offensive struggle with weight? (6,2,3,5) |
| MOSS | Development on the north side? |
| IMPERIL | Jeopardise prime development on island lake (7) |
| OFFSHOOT | Unsatisfactory film development on the side |
| RETURNTOOZ | Movie ticket also found at back of Ritz |
| BULGE | Hitler's offensive swelling |
| SCHWEITZER | "Eschew Ritz!", ordered the musical missionary (10) |
