| INTHENEWS | She went in order to be topical (2,3,4) |
| EYESLEFT | Sounded as if they are in agreement and went in order to look (4,4) |
| NEWSWORTHY | It can be shown we try to be topical and interesting (10) |
| DIMINISHED | Detracted from form guide as dress she went in did |
| INTRAVIT | She went in, ingressa est |
| NELLIEBLY | *She went around the world in 72 days |
| DANCINGIN | Two years after Shirley MacLaine went Out On A Limb she went ... The Light (7,2) |
| COAL | Mineral sources could be topical to a point (4-4) |
| OPTICAL | It may be topical, or related to sight (7) |
| PITS | Mineral sources could be topical to a point (8) |
| COALPIT | A place yielding mineral resources could be topical (4-3) |
| NEWSY | Fresh borders for Surrey would be topical (5) |
| HORMONES | Gender-affirming treatments that may be topical, oral, or injectable |
| GIDGET | She went Hawaiian, went to Rome, etc. |
| RBI | She went to Haiti in a Cole Porter song |
| IIT | ____, lavit, rediit: she went, she showered, she came back |
| ALICE | IN 1985, SHE WENT UNDERCOVER TO CLEAR TOM (DAYS) |
| KATIE | She went to Haiti, in a Cole Porter song |
| STELLA | She went to Dallas in a best-selling novel, etc. |
| SHAME | She went to her mother in disgrace (5) |
