| FIRSTFLOOR | It is before you get to the second level of a building (5-5) |
| TEACHERSCOLLEGE | Where you'd expect to get a masterclass training cheaters beyond the second level (8,7) |
| GRID | As is before you (4) |
| BC | What abbreviation is written after a date to indicate that it is before Jesus was born? (1,1) |
| MAGNACUMLAUDE | Second level of excellence conferred at US graduation ceremonies; Latin, ' with great praise' (5,3,5) |
| IRISH | Language, it is before setter (5) |
| FRONTGARDEN | Written in a grander font, it's before you get to the house (5,6) |
| STAIRS | Way to get to the second floor |
| STEPS | Means to get to the second floor |
| INDISPOSITION | Country nearly gets second level of illness (13) |
| BEDECKS | Decorates the second levels at sea, say (7) |
| THURSDAY | It's before you get to fry, say (8) |
| PLEASERISE | You might hear it before you get up |
| REACHLAND | When you get to the end of the voyage you get about one rand for each pound (5,4) |
| ASKERSWELL | How do you get to this village near Dorchester? Well, take the first road south-east and then ask around (10) |
| SILLIEST | The most ridiculous falsehoods found in the delta build-up when you get to the bottom of it? (8) |
| UTOPIA | I'm told you get to the peak, starting in a wonderful place |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | Mad and runs away when you get to the nitty-gritty (4,3,5) |
| STOREY | A floor/level of a building; or, the surname of the dramatist/novelist who wrote This Sporting Life (6) |
| HOLDTHEFLOOR | Continue by the level of a building to act as only speaker (4,3,5) |
