| 20 answers for: What perfectionists have, or the tops of 3-, 6- an... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| HIGHSTANDARDS | What perfectionists have, or the tops of 3-, 6- and 21-Down? |
| RAISECAIN | Cause a commotion, and a hint to a feature of 3-, 6- and 9-Down |
| MUSEUM | Keep quiet about employment in the 6 and 21? (6) |
| STRING | Type of instrument used in 25, 1 Dn, 6 and 21 (6) |
| CRESTS | From the Latin meaning "plume", showy tufts of feathers on helmets or birds' heads; cock's-combs; manes; or, the tops of waves or hills (6) |
| CROWNS | Chief ornaments; diadems; flocks of kingfishers; or, the tops of arches, hats, pineapples or trees (6) |
| NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| COMEOUTINTHEWASH | End satisfactorily, as do 10 and 24 14 Across, 20 and 21 Down? (4,3,2,3,4) |
| PIGEONTOED | Like many baby gaits, or like 3-, 9-, 15- and 21-Down? |
| FIRECRACKER | Fourth of July noisemaker ... and the function of the black squares in lines 3, 6, and 10 |
| CROWN | A simple garland or wreath as a headdress originally, later a more grandiose jewelled diadem of a king or queen; or, the top of an arch, cut gem, hat, head, pineapple or tree (5) |
| TRANSOM | What is a horizontal bar of wood or stone across a window or the top of a door? (7) |
| LAP | Single circuit of a racetrack; a length of a swimming pool; or, the top of one's thighs when seated (3) |
| GRADE | Any one of a series of old Latin "steps" to modern advancement, class, dignity, quality, rank or the top of a hill (5) |
| TORTOISESHELLS | Glasses to see butterflies or the top of slow-moving creatures? (8,6) |
| SETS | 7-6, 3-6 and 6-4, e.g. |
| CHOPCHOP | Quickly, or what rows 3, 6 and 10 do? |
| CAIRN | A mound of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground or the top of a mountain (5) |
| CRUST | Earth's shell; or, the top of a pie (5) |
| POTBOILER | "Shoot the Copper" isn't a work one can be proud of (3-6) |
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