| ANCHORLEG | The final stage of a relay race often taken up by the most experienced or reliable member of the team (6,3) |
| MADHATTER | Cryptic threat for member of the Tea Party |
| SKILIFTS | They're often taken up by winter sportsmen |
| LITHEST | Table cut up by the most agile |
| TOWEROFSTRENGTH | Support reliable member of tug-of-war team? (5,2,8) |
| GRANDEDAME | A woman regarded as the most experienced, prominent or venerable member of her profession (6,4) |
| ELDEST | Being the most experienced, the Spanish and some French are ahead of time (6) |
| TRUMP | Reliable type? Not quite reliable member |
| AIR | This craft often taken up (3) |
| ENDGAME | The final stage of a round or match of chess, when only a few pieces remain on the board; or, one's manner of playing this (7) |
| LEGS | Sections of a journey; stages of a relay race; or, limbs of locomotion (4) |
| PARIS | Known as La Ville Lumiere (City of Light), one of the world's big four fashion capitals, where the final stage of the annual Tour de France takes place (5) |
| ANCHOR | ____ leg, the last stage of a relay race in athletics (6) |
| BETATEST | A trial of machinery, software or other products in the final stage of development (4,4) |
| TRUSTY | Prisoner granted privileges in return for being well-behaved; or, a word meaning honest, as in a person, or reliable, as in a steed or an old car (6) |
| ELITISM | Belief, opposite to pluralism, in government by the most gifted, highly educated, powerful or rich members of a group or society (7) |
| ENDPOINT | The final stage of a period or process (8) |
| LASTLAP | Phrase meaning the final stage of a journey or activity (4,3) |
| RAIU | Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland. |
| XYLEM | Vascular tissue in plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots (5) |
