| HIGHNOON | The peak; exactly midday |
| GAP | Cheshire ___, a meteorologist's term for the lowlands of the Cheshire Plain, passage between the Clwydian Hills and the Peak District (3) |
| CROW | The forehead; the countenance or expression of the face; the peak of a hill; or, a ship's gangway (4) |
| VISOR | The figure is gold on the peak of the cap (5) |
| MERIDIAN | Imaginary great circle passing through the poles on the Earth's surface; or, the peak or zenith (8) |
| CREST | Caught the others at the peak (5) |
| APEX | Peak of the peak |
| DALE | Lead the way to the Peak valley (4) |
| INARCE | In the fortress on the peak |
| ACME | Being at the peak I object to the account (4) |
| MADEIT | Got to the top of the peak: 2 wds. |
| INTOPFORM | At the peak of one's powers towards the end of schooldays? (2,3,4) |
| VIADUCT | e.g. the old elevated rail crossing on the Peak District's Monsal Trail (7) |
| PENNINEWAY | 268-mile walking trail between the Peak District and the Borders (7,3) |
| GRITSTONE | One of the original 13 beginning to tour a feature of the Peak District (9) |
| PLAYED | What the sporting mountaineer who risked all on reaching the peak did? (6,3,4,6) |
| FORHIGHSTAKES | What the sporting mountaineer who risked all on reaching the peak did? (6,3,4,6) |
| UNWRAP | It's clear the sun will be out at the peak (6) |
| EDGE | Any one of the escarpments of millstone grit found in the Peak District including Burbage, Curbar, Derwent, Froggatt and Stanage (4) |
| TAKENUP | What happened to the offer of a nut to climb the peak? (5,2) |
