| PRAEES | You're the top (just you, mind, by yourself) |
| ACCELERAVISTI | You — just you, mind — sped up pretty quickly |
| AWASH | With the top just covered with water (5) |
| OUTDOORS | Wear odorous tank-top, just not in the house! |
| TOWER | "You're the Nile; You're the ... of Pisa; You're the smile; On the Mona Lisa; I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop; But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top" |
| TOTAL | "You're the Nile; you're the Tower of Pisa; You're the smile on the Mona Lisa; I'm a worthless check, a ... wreck, a flop; But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top" |
| AMBOY | "Journey to the Center of the Mind" by The ___ Dukes |
| ANYTHINGGOES | Musical featuring the song You're the Top (8,4) |
| CP | "You're the Top" composer's initials |
| COLEPORTIONER | "You're the Top" composer dishing out servings of food? |
| LIGHTFOOT | "If You Could Read My Mind" by Gordon ___ |
| PONZI | Schemer called to mind by the Madoff swindle |
| FRIDAY | "___ on My Mind" by The Easybeats |
| OBSESSION | Total domination of the mind by one idea (9) |
| ARCHETYPE | In Jungian psychology, an inherited memory represented in the mind by a universal symbol (9) |
| REMEMBERED | Brought to mind by one of those from the club in Rush (10) |
| POLE | One of the two letters one should mind by bad and nasty person (4) |
| PILL | One of the two letters one should mind by bad and nasty person (4) |
| NEW | "___ York State of Mind" by Billy Joel |
| EVE | "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by ___ with Gwen Stefani |