| STARPUPIL | Right to Left (margin ahead), despicable types are top of the class (4,5) |
| ACHIEVERS | Breaks chairs over Adam's mate at the top of the class (9) |
| JOHNSTEED | The Avengers were introduced each week, "Crimes against the people and the state have to be avenged by agents extra-ordinary. Two such people are ..., top professional, and his partner, Emma Peel, tal |
| BRAINIEST | Form risen a bit, top of the class? (9) |
| NEWSPAPER | Daily source of information in which many different types are employed (9) |
| GRESCORES | 170 in Verbal and Quantitative Reasoning are top ones |
| TOADSTOOL | Despicable type's excessively large growth capped |
| EPICUREAN | Despicable type tucking into Eastern food, an advocate of enjoyment |
| BORNGREAT | (Some are) top people from birth (4,5) |
| FOODCHAIN | Wolves are top here and Ohio FC struggles |
| PLUTOCRAT | Rich person in airport town nearly nabbed by copper, despicable type |
| SURPASSES | Big Cal river permits are tops (9) |
| CURTILAGE | Despicable type, prisoner in secure enclosed area |
| TOADEGREE | Somewhat despicable type, say, Bruegel regularly used |
| LEDGER | Left margin to the right in which accounts are recorded (6) |
| SCHEDULE | Retires to get away from hothead at the top of the class with school timetable (8) |
| AHEAD | A school principal goes to top of the class |
| FLYSHEET | Bill: he's outwardly clever, at the top of the class (3,5) |
| SMART | At the top of the class - wee cleverclogs Martin (5) |
| UPPER | Nearer the top of the class |
