| CAPOTE | This is a small lady's hat, set high on the head, with a brim framing the face. It was very popular around 1850. About 1890, it was prominently worn by older women. |
| BONNET | A man's soft cap, such as the Scots Glengarry or Tam o' Shanter; a woman or child's hat with ribbons tied under the chin and brim framing the face; a cowl on a chimney; or, a velvet cap within a coron |
| SANMARINO | Set high on the western slopes of Mount Titano, capital city of the country of the same name that is surrounded by Italy (3,6) |
| ASPIDISTRA | Nicknamed 'cast iron plant', it was very popular with Victorians |
| SHOE | Part of attire initially set high on elbow (4) |
| PEA | This is a small vegetable (3) |
| SONG | Going for this is a small price to pay! (4) |
| THETAS | Several of the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet (HAT SET anagram) (6) |
| AOL | ISP that was very popular in the 1990s |
| PIPPEDATTHEPOST | Reformed Top Hat set: seeded first but lost in the end (6,2,3,4) |
| LYRE | What stringed instrument was very popular in ancient Greece? (4) |
| SISAL | This is a little bit of fibre! (5) |
| OBSOLETE | Old hat set out to be catching fish (8) |
| POKEBONNET | A woman's hood-shaped hat with a brim that projects at the front, popular during the 19th century (4,6) |
| TRICORN | Hat with a brim turned up on three sides, worn especially by men in the 18th century (7) |
| TOPKNOT | Hairstyle in which the hair is worn high on the head (7) |
| BEEHIVE | Dome-shaped hair style in which the hair is piled high on the head (7) |
| BEAN | Hit on the head with a pitch |
| STACEY | ___ Fowler, whacked Phil Mitchell on the head with a spanner in Eastenders (6) |
| CROWN | Hit on the head with a coin (5) |
