| PATCASH | Sportsman gets cap - hats off to him! (3,4) |
| CROWNDERBY | Porcelain cap (hat in America) (5,5) |
| HEADGEAR | Caps, hats etc |
| BONNET | Be it blue, for Easter, heraldically velvety, tied under the chin, Tudor or worn by a girl, lady, laird or maid, it's a beret, cap, hat or tam, named for the cloth from which it was first made (6) |
| APPLAUD | A father gets to take one's hat off to show appreciation (7) |
| ADMIRAL | Most take their hats off to a trainee naval officer (7) |
| ANTHEMS | Hats off to men playing hymns of praise (7) |
| CETACEA | Attache case? Hats off to the weird animal order! (7) |
| THEVIEW | Indie rock band from Dundee whose debut album, Hats Off to the Buskers, was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize |
| SALUTES | Pays tribute / honors / 'takes hat off to' |
| STOPPER | Top striker took his hat off to a top defender (7) |
| OVERACT | Beau takes hat off to crazy cat who can ham it up (7) |
| ADMIRED | Took one's hat off to maid, relishing blushing (7) |
| PATRIOT | New England sportsman gets clap at orgy |
| ATHLETE | A sportsman gets the tale wrong |
| ASHTRAY | Hats off, man finding smoker's accessory (7) |
| IMPINGE | Empathising? Hats off, and mistakenly bear upon (7) |
| HARPIST | Rips hat off a musician (7) |
| BENEATH | Having been out, taking hat off below (7) |
| VANILLA | Common man takes hat off in luxury house (7) |
