| STROKING | Right in line for being number one in the boat |
| POLEPOSITION | First in line for being first (4,8) |
| VICIOUS | Harsh, being number one, but missing top spot at Glastonbury? |
| ADAM | Being number one? |
| SUPREME | Being number one? |
| INSOLENT | Funny not getting lines for being cheeky! (8) |
| LISTENTOWHATTHEMANSAID | Single from Wings' 1975 album Venus and Mars that reached reached number six in the UK and number one in the US |
| THELASTWALTZ | Song by Barry Mason and Les Reed that was one of Engelbert Humperdinck's biggest hits, spending five weeks at number one in the UK charts in 1967 |
| MOGWAI | Scottish band whose tenth album, As the Love Continues, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart in 2021 |
| ISRAELITES | Single by Desmond Dekker & The Aces that was the first reggae number one in the UK |
| REGROW | What Japanese 11 of 17 do, perhaps, right in line (6) |
| OCHRE | Right in line to get colour (5) |
| RANSOME | Author noted for his tales following the adventures of the young crew of the Swallow dinghy and their rivals in the boat named Amazon (7) |
| ASWAD | British reggae group whose single Don't Turn Around reached number one in the UK charts in 1988 (5) |
| GERRYANDTHE | The first act to reach number one in the UK chart with their first three singles (5,3,3,10) |
| PACEMAKERS | The first act to reach number one in the UK chart with their first three singles (5,3,3,10) |
| BRIMFUL | ___ of Asha, single by Cornershop that reached number one in the UK chart in 1998 |
| RUIDASILVA | Portuguese producer and DJ whose single Touch Me went to number one in the UK in 2001 |
| SATISFACTION | (I Can't Get No) ___, song that gave The Rolling Stones their first number one in the US |
| GERRYANDTHEPACEMAKERS | The first act to reach number one in the UK Singles Chart with their first three releases |
