| COPPERBOTTOMED | Thoroughly reliable policeman reached the bed (6-8) |
| SALT | World sailor, a thoroughly reliable person (4,2,3,5) |
| BLUECHIP | Conservative fast food, thoroughly reliable |
| TRUSTWORTHY | Thoroughly reliable |
| TSETSE | Tess reached the top of the tor in the West of England, she was chased around by a bloodsucking fly (6) |
| GETAFE | Spanish city in the south of the Madrid metropolitan area whose football team reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 2007 and 2008 |
| POSTHASTE | How quickly the horse reached the end of the racecourse? |
| CRISIS | Credit the goddess to have reached the turning-point (6) |
| RAILHEAD | You've reached the end of the line here, so complain to the boss |
| GAMEWARDEN | A sound of a little kitten in the flower beds reached the wildlife officer (4,6) |
| CAMERONNORRIE | British tennis player who reached the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time in 2022 |
| ROALD | Forename of the leader of the expedition which successfully reached the South Pole in 1911 (5) |
| OLD | Berry shady: Ever demanding, the elderberry told the other berries that he should be highly revered because he was ___ (even though he had only reached the age of ripeness just a few days ago) |
| USWNT | Competitors who reached the knockout stage in the World Cup this month before being eliminated, for short; their full name is formed by the first words of theme entries |
| DIANNE | First name of Ms Buswell, the Strictly pro who reached the final in 2018 with her partner Joe Sugg (6) |
| COUNT | The act of calculating/reckoning; the sum reached; the numbers recited by a referee in a boxing ring during a KO; or, a charge in an indictment (5) |
| HILLSTREETBLUES | 1981-1987 US TV series about the staff of police station, whose theme tune reached the US top 10 (4,6,5) |
| AUSTIN | Bunny ---, English tennis player who reached the final of Wimbledon twice in the 1930s (6) |
| JACKDRAPER | British tennis player who reached the semi-finals of the US Open earlier this month (4,6) |
| BEASTOFBURDEN | 1978 song by The Rolling Stones which reached the US top 10 (5,2,6) |
