| BUTTERUP | Spread towards the top and flatter (6,2) |
| UPWARD | Be towards the top and come down on elevated country (6) |
| PLAYUPTO | Scheming, put on an act first and flatter (4,2,2) |
| BLANDISH | British ground is hard and flatter |
| POLKADOT | Today Klopp is lacking finishers, but looking towards the top spot |
| PARIETAL | Either of the two bones forming the top and sides of the cranium (8) |
| OMELETTE | The melee is over the top and broke some eggs (8) |
| BOTHENDS | Holding the ties by the top and bottom (4,4) |
| SUCCEEDS | Gets to the top and comes off |
| SMOOTHIE | Drink that's produced by cow, blended is the top and bottom of it (8) |
| ADULATE | You invite the lad to tea and flatter him servilely (7) |
| NOSTRIL | Towards the top, it's on either side of right and left, and it smells (7) |
| NORTH | Towards the top of the atlas |
| UPHEAP | Pile high in odd places: place the plum towards the top |
| NORTHERLY | Moving air heading towards the top of the charts |
| UPSLOPE | Towards the top of the hill |
| NORTHWARD | Towards the top of the globe throw Rand around (9) |
| SWEETTALK | Cajole(ry) and flatter(y) (5-4) |
| TOWER | You're The Top and, for example, "You're the Nile; You're the ... of Pisa; You're the smile; On the |
| REDTAPE | Bureaucracy became more streamlined, getting bloody towards the top (3,4) |
