| ONTOP | In a superior position (2,3) |
| OWNUP | Admit having won somehow and in a superior position (3,2) |
| ATOP | In a superior position at work (4) |
| OVER | Finished in a superior position |
| POLISHUPON | Revise European language getting in a superior position |
| OVERANDOVER | Repeatedly in a superior position? (4,3,4) |
| UPON | Guru, pontificating in a superior position (4) |
| MAIDENOVER | You won't score with this girl in a superior position (6,4) |
| PUTOVER | Placed in a superior position to get the message across (3,4) |
| THINONTOP | Balding judge not completely in a superior position (4,2,3) |
| VANTAGE | Gave ant in trouble a superior position (7) |
| ABOVE | From opening that's inconclusive, white finally in superior position |
| UPPER | Superior position |
| STREETSAHEAD | Ways, up to a point, to get into a superior position (7,5) |
| OVERRULE | Disallow from a superior position |
| SLIPUP | Pass to a superior position by mistake? |
| POLESAT | Took a superior position? |
| TOPOF | Head left to drop out from superior position. (3,2,3,6) |
| BETTEROFF | In a superior financial position (6,3) |
| OUTSTANDING | In a superior manner, you put on the dog in an instant (11) |
