| METEORIC | ____ rise, success that is achieved very quickly (8) |
| ACHIEVE | Have success that is very short, being in pain (7) |
| TEMPI | Uplifted, achieved very good times (5) |
| WAFERTHIN | Father struggling during success that is not convincingly developed (5-4) |
| HITHERTO | Before success, that woman's books rejected (8) |
| NAILEDIT | Cry of success that can also be a sarcastic admission of failure |
| EVILDEAD | ____ Rise, 2023 horror film; the latest in a franchise that has spanned 40 years (4,4) |
| WOW | Success that may rise or fall |
| HYDROGENBOMB | Explosive device in which an enormous release of energy is achieved (8,4) |
| TRIALANDERROR | Use of different methods until success is achieved |
| OPERATINGLOSS | It is what is achieved by working unprofitably (9,4) |
| HILT | Handle success that brings in pounds |
| ATROPHY | A memorial of success that will wither away (7) |
| AMPHITHEATER | Politician in a success, that man at the Queen's old building (12) |
| PROSPECTORS | They look for chances of success that will include gold! (11) |
| GAIN | A profit; a win; an increase in resources; that which is achieved; or, in electronics, amplification (4) |
| MEANS | With which an end is achieved (5) |
| TROUGH | Run into difficult period when little is achieved |
| RURITANIA | Hope place is achieved by girl in race, excellent to back |
| PLISSE | Fabric whose wrinkled finish is achieved by treatment involving caustic soda (6) |