| ENCOMIUM | Tribute to mother protecting child's heart, supporting, making one rise over smallest of challenges |
| IGLOO | Soldier goes over smallest room in house (5) |
| PITHILY | Without wasting words, show sympathy, capturing child's heart (7) |
| AWHILE | Child's heart in admiration for a spell (6) |
| RACHITIS | Artist is protecting child from children's disease (8) |
| LIGHTINFANTRY | Soldiers rightly active protecting child (5,8) |
| VISITOR | Company produces sun screen protecting child at play |
| QUIRINAL | Queen one of those going places, describing one's rise in Rome |
| DEIFY | One at heart of challenge to turn into superhuman (5) |
| SUGARREFINERY | Producer of sweet stuff could make one rise with fury and anger (5,8) |
| STANLEY | SNP supporters on the rise over link to ancient sites for finder of 15Dn (7) |
| STARTUP | Acid taste in drink makes one rise suddenly (5,2) |
| SASHIMI | Japanese food on motorway, following his heart supporting band (7) |
| ASCENDS | Moves up since first of challenges is over (7) |
| WILLIHELL | OK to hold current rise over? NO! (4,1,4) |
| PASTIT | Little bird needing energy to rise over the hill (4,2) |
| YOUBET | Game show in which celebs predicted the outcome of challenges, --- ---! (3,3) |
| COUCHPOTATO | First of challenges that hurt King Edward, say - lazybones! (5,6) |
| ROOFGARDEN | Bed one rises to go to (4,6) |
| REBEL | One rises in response to fire bell's ring (5) |
