| BRONOWSKI | Presenter of The Ascent of Man, a BBC documentary series commissioned by David Attenborough (9) |
| DELAMARE | Author of The Ascent of Man blocking venture |
| BILLIONS | Crossrail cost 15 of these, according to the title of a BBC documentary series (8) |
| THEOLDGREYWHISTLETEST | Former BBC2 late night music show, originally commissioned by David Attenborough |
| BENNEVIS | Munro in the Grampians which is the highest mountain in the British Isles and one of the ascents for |
| CARAMEL | The vehicle for my sort of man - a sweet one (7) |
| WORLD | From an ancient root meaning "age or life of man", a term for earth and its collective inhabitants (5) |
| MAGENTA | Mother in need of man a shade (7) |
| JACOBBRONOWSKI | Presenter and writer of the 1973 BBC series The Ascent of Man |
| OURPLANET | 2019 documentary narrated by David Attenborough (3,6) |
| AMBULANCE | BBC documentary series about the medical emergency services (9) |
| THECRUISE | BBC documentary series which made Jane McDonald a celebrity (3,6) |
| ASSASSINS | Eventual winner Octave Lapize's description of the 30A's organisers as murderers, shouted at them as he led its first ascent of the Col d'Aubisque in 1910 |
| PLANTAGENET | A line of English kings, ruling from the ascent of Henry II to the death of Richard III (11) |
| RISING | Like the ascent of a phoenix, proving dough, a sea wave or a wall's damp (6) |
| CONQUEST | Achievement of victory through a form of combat whose name is linked to a horse chestnut or "cheeser" used in a playground battle; a successful ascent of a mountain; or, the act/art of gaining a perso |
| INDIANROPETRICK | It shows the ascent of magic in the subcontinent (6,4-5) |
| AUDEN | W. H. -; poet and dramatist who wrote three plays with Christopher Isherwood including The Ascent of F6 (5) |
| PLANETEARTH | Award-winning nature documentary series of 2006 narrated by David Attenborough (6,5) |
| CLIMB | The ascent of Conservative wing (5) |
