| HIGHFLIER | On a trip notice (with eye, say) an extremely successful type |
| GUYANESE | South American man, an extremely successful Ecuadorian for starters |
| VICTORHUGO | Successful type gets a show of affection, nothing for an author |
| ACHIEVER | A Greek character always successful type (8) |
| PLEONASM | We saw it with our own eyes, say some people on a smartphone |
| NAIAD | A little boy came back at short notice with a mayfly (5) |
| SET | ___ the world on fire (be extremely successful) |
| TYPO | An aye for an eye, say? |
| IRITIS | Eye inflammation where eye, say, runs ___ that's the confirmation! (6) |
| ORGANZA | Eye, say, reverses all characters on fabric (7) |
| BUDGE | Make room for budgie with missing eye, say (5) |
| RAILS | Successful types just don't go off them! (5) |
| SADNESS | Son's on notice, with head getting grief (7) |
| SEEPS | Oozes on notice with extra lines. (5) |
| PHILISTINE | Woman on telephone by river, say - an uncultured type |
| DARKHORSE | Brunette with husky, say - an unexpectedly successful person (4,5) |
| MIXAMAXIM | Say "An apple a day gets the worm," say |
| SMASH | ___ hit - extremely successful movie or song (5) |
| ROSSLYN | Extremely successful investment in pink-tinged north Midlothian chapel (7) |
| COBUYER | Extremely successful getting out of obscurely complicated ownership share agreement (2-5) |
