| HAMMY | Over-the-top, as acting |
| ROMPU | Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like. (5) |
| PULLSUP | Hauls one to the top as one stops the car (5,2) |
| EVATE | Widened at the top, as an urn |
| HEADED | Made for the top, as editor |
| CRESTING | Reaching the top, as a wave |
| CRENELED | Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall |
| SURFACES | Comes to the top, as a diver |
| SCALES | Tries to reach the top as a Libra should |
| BUMP | Bring to the top, as an online post |
| PHAT | The tops, as said in the '90s |
| SCALED | Tries to reach the top as a Libra should (6) |
| SKIM | Take some off the top as birds glide close to water (4) |
| IONA | Island that is ace, the tops, as seen from the east |
| SYLLABI | Course outlines of 'Billy,' as acting the goat (7) |
| GOVERNORGENERAL | Army officer follows father as acting head of state |
| HONE | Improve, as acting skills |
| DENGXIAOPING | Chinese Communist politician who served as acting prime minister after Zhou Enlai's Heart attack in 1974 (4,8) |
| YATES | Sally who served an abbreviated stint as acting Attorney General, in January, 2017 |
| TREBLECLEF | Symbol that fixes the staff lines, from bottom to top, as E-G-B-D-F: 2 wds. |
