| AMERICASCUP | Trophy from a ceramics moulding held aloft (8,3) |
| SCULPTOR | One who casts bronze from a ceramic investment in the "cire perdue" or "lost wax" method; or, a carver of marble or wood (8) |
| CASTANET | One of a pair held aloft, as a fisherman might? (8) |
| OVERHEADSQUAT | In this exercise, a barbell is held aloft with a snatch grip |
| LADYOFTHELAKE | A key held aloft, cryptic Arthurian figure (4,2,3,4) |
| BRANDISHED | Held aloft (a weapon, e.g.) (10) |
| HOTPOT | A stolen trophy, from Lancashire |
| SCALP | A trophy from the head (5) |
| LEEHWYRETTOP | Unorthodox tool in a ceramics class? |
| TRAINSPOTTER | What a ceramics teacher does for an obsessive collector (12) |
| ROGEN | Seth who has a ceramics-and-cannabis business called Houseplant |
| ETRURIA | Stoke-on-Trent suburb where Josiah Wedgwood opened a ceramics factory |
| SAMITE | "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering ____, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) |
| DUPARC | Wild card held aloft by composer (6) |
| DRAKE | Diamonds held aloft by libertine's bird |
| POLOMALLET | Item held aloft in Ralph Lauren's logo |
| SUPPORTED | It's held aloft with worn clothing (9) |
| LADLE | Spooner's requirement held aloft, reflecting needs |
| LIONCUB | Simba, when held aloft by Rafiki |
| ATOM | Symbol held aloft in an Emmy statuette |
