| STANDING | Word for social status, financial position or reputation; or, one's current ranking within sport (8) |
| MANNERS | General word for social graces such as those set out in etiquette guides published by Debrett's (7) |
| ELIZABETHWARREN | U.S. Senator who's the current ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Economic Policy |
| KICKBOXING | Giving up case within sport (4-6) |
| ECOTYPE | Adapted group for firm within sports car |
| DOWNFALL | A sudden loss of position, health or reputation (8) |
| THERMALS | More than one current article right to criticise after a U-turn (8) |
| DISGRACE | Loss of reputation or respect (8) |
| PRESTIGE | Reputation or standing (8) |
| WOUNDING | Causing harm to someone's feelings or reputation (8) |
| MAINSTAY | Support one current month breaking into the next (8) |
| ELECTRIC | Exciting item in one's current account? |
| UNIVERSE | Everything in French, one current poem |
| STOCKTAKE | Word for an act of recording an inventory of the goods or merchandise held by a business, thus a reassessment of one's current progress, prospects or situation (9) |
| MEANSTEST | An investigation into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid (5,4) |
| SMEAR | Historically, just butter or grease, now a nasty besmirched stain on one's reputation; or, a mudslinging article, campaign or piece (5) |
| REPORTS | An old word for rumours; academic assessments, news articles or other formal accounts of matters; explosive resounding noises; or, reputations (7) |
| CIRCUMSTANCES | One's current state of financial or material welfare |
| STATURE | A person's height from head to foot; or, eminence or reputation (7) |
| ALTA | Inky blemish or "blister", staining one's paper, reputation or vista (4) |
