| THEGOODS | Required result: nothing wanted in the highest seats (3,5) |
| GALLERY | Highest seats in a theatre (7) |
| DETHRONE | .... and remove from the highest seat in the land |
| ENTHRONE | Place on the highest seat in the land (8) |
| EFFICACY | Ability to produce required result (8) |
| NEWSPEAK | Propagandistic language in the highest point of recent information (8) |
| ESTRANGE | Alienate in the highest ranges (8) |
| CONTEMPT | Try prisoner first? Won't be wanted in court (8) |
| THROWN | Flung from the highest seat in the land, it was reported |
| ABDICATOR | One giving up the highest seat in the land (9) |
| THRONE | Tossed, say, from the highest seat in the land (6) |
| OUTLAW | One wanted in the Wild West |
| ANTE | Money wanted in the middle (4) |
| DOTHEBUSINESS | I enthused boss in order to achieve the required result (2,3,8) |
| DOTHETRICK | Achieve the required result (2,3,5) |
| DETHRONED | Rodent he'd removed from highest seat in the land (9) |
| DOESTHETRICK | Achieves a required result (4,3,5) |
| SUPREMO | Person in overall charge in the highest degree almost, nothing more (7) |
| ROHILLA | Identify this Services player who, along with S. Vashisht, was involved in the highest partnership for any wicket in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season. (7) |
| SNAZZIEST | Last characters in Staines dressed up in the highest of fashion |