| SARDI | I'd essentially starred as rising New York restaurateur (5) |
| BROOKLYN | Stream and lake going over rising New York borough (8) |
| SYSTEM | Scheme to get unknowns into rising NY team (6) |
| SIGNEE | Rising new fighter in butcher's who gives autograph |
| ROAM | Move around a lot with rising New Zealander one abandons (4) |
| SATRAP | Role as rising governor (6) |
| TOPHOLE | First-class hotel ruined as rising river breaks in (3-4) |
| SABBATH | As rising, heading for breakfast and wash, time for rest (7) |
| KIA | Automaker whose name roughly translates as "rising from the East" |
| SIMON | Celebrity chef and restaurateur (5,5) |
| GAULT | Celebrity chef and restaurateur (5,5) |
| RATER | Restaurateur ate ravioli with the examiner (5) |
| STEIN | Rick, English chef and restaurateur (5) |
| ARTIE | Restaurateur in US drama series The Sopranos, ----- Bucco (5) |
| WHITE | Fiery chef and restaurateur, Marco _ _ (6,5) |
| GYRES | Is a revolver carried by dodgy restaurateur? (5) |
| ZILLI | Chef and restaurateur, Aldo _ (5) |
| EMILY | She plays Home and Away restaurateur Mackenzie Booth (5,4) |
| RAITA | Indian condiment absorbed by chapati, a restaurateur recalled (5) |
| MARCO | Chef and restaurateur, _ Pierre White (5) |
