| OVERTHEHUMP | Past the most difficult bit (4,3,4) |
| PERVERSE | Difficult bit of the Bible for each to start with (8) |
| DRIVEAHARDBARGAIN | Boldly negotiate difficult bit in Verdi perhaps, not for the first time |
| SHARDS | Ship has difficult bits (6) |
| GETTINGOVER | Recovering from the most difficult part of steeplechase (7,4) |
| EIGER | Famous Swiss mountain, with its north face probably being the most difficult climb in the Alps |
| RAWEST | The least trained got the most difficult to obtain wicket for a run (6) |
| HARDEST | The most difficult. (7) |
| SEVEREST | Small mountain is the most difficult to conquer |
| THORNIEST | Nth sortie amazingly and the most difficult? |
| LUTZ | The most difficult toe jump in figure-skating |
| ROUGHEST | Twisting horse gut is the most difficult |
| THEFIRST | Proverb reflecting that starting is the most difficult part of any task (3,5,4,2,6,3,7) |
| STEPISALWAYSTHE | Proverb reflecting that starting is the most difficult part of any task (3,5,4,2,6,3,7) |
| STIFFEST | Complicated tests if F-graded down must be the most difficult. (8) |
| EVEREST | Copying 10 across, the most difficult place to get high! |
| TALLEST | Most difficult of everything in the exam (7) |
| WIDEST | Broad stumped; most difficult for the wicket-keeper? (6) |
| ASIA | Most difficult region to conquer in the board game Risk |
| MILES | Proverb illustrating even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point |
