| RECORDBREAKER | One achieving new 'high' (6-7) |
| SILICONVALLEY | Lively social whirl around new high-tech area |
| ZENITH | Buddhist discipline hit new high point (6) |
| APOGEAN | A socially unacceptable former colleague of Shane MacGowan hitting a new high? (7) |
| IHIT | "___ a New High" (1937 Lily Pons song) |
| GRADERS | Ninth ___ (new high schoolers) |
| TEEN | New high school graduate, usuafly |
| ACHIEVERS | Are hives recruiting 100 new high-flyers? (9) |
| BRAN | Item that supports new high-fibre food (4) |
| LINE | *Story about new high-level link between leaders (4) |
| WARBLER | and 4 Down and 14 Down: Oddly, I being a dropout, our uni ordered new high table -- to mark this occasion? (7,7,3,7) |
| GETTINGACROSS | Communicating one's ideas but achieving a wrong mark (7,6) |
| RECORDPLAYERS | Sportsmen achieving best times, etc, turning discs (6-7) |
| GETTINGBREXIT | Accomplishment achieving nothing extra for the most part (I bend being flexible) (7,6,4) |
| HALFTHEBATTLE | Important step to achieving something (4,3,6) |
| ACCOMPLISHING | Achieving (13) |
| DISCRIMINATED | Distinguished by credit a mind is capable of achieving (13) |
| EIGHTFOLDPATH | *Buddhist's guide to achieving enlightenment |
| COMPLEMENTING | Achieving |
| AMEANSTOANEND | Atones with a sorry note in correct way of achieving objective (1,5,2,2,3) |