| AMBASSADORIAL | Relating to the highest diplomatic duties (13) |
| FOREIGNSERVICE | Forgive sincere mistake in diplomatic duties (7,7) |
| DUCAL | Relating to the highest British hereditary title (5) |
| POLAR | Relating to the highest latitudes |
| TOPDRAWER | Reward pot sent back relating to the highest level (3,6) |
| TOPLEVEL | Relating to the highest rank (3-5) |
| STAFFORDSHIRE | English county, home to the highest village in Britain (13) |
| HAND | Measure of four inches used to determine the height of a horse, typically from the ground to the highest point of the withers (4) |
| NINES | Dressed to the ____, expression meaning 'attired to the highest degree' (5) |
| EVEREST | On the day before, the others get to the highest point (7) |
| AUCTION | Name the sale in which the goods are sold to the highest bidder (7) |
| PEAK | Part of the shape, akin to the highest point |
| TIPTOP | Excellent from the end to the highest part (6) |
| SEVEREST | Second highest point is critical to the highest degree (8) |
| ANDES | Home to the highest active volcano in the world |
| DUKE | In the United Kingdom peerage system, what title is given to the highest ranking nobility? (4) |
| PACHISI | Backgammon- or ludo-like Indian game whose name, derived from the Hindi for "25", refers to the highest score achieved with cowrie shells (7) |
| ASIA | Home to the highest and lowest points on the Earth's land surface |
| CLOUDNINE | Idiomatic place with hazy, misty or obscure origins but popularly attributed to the highest classification of cumulonimbus nubes, where one is at the peak of happiness, elated, in seventh heaven or wa |
| GOSPEL | According to the highest authority |
