| PREDOMINATE | Be the strongest or main element (11) |
| PREDOMINANT | Being the strongest or main element (11) |
| PATRICIA | Hurricane __, thought to be the strongest recorded in 2015 (8) |
| SKYSCRAPERS | Notable feature of Chicago, namely music in the strongest of hits |
| STOCK | A tree trunk or main stem; a perennial part of a herbaceous plant; a person's ancestry or line of descent; a fund or store; or, a farm's collective animals, kept for meat or milk (5) |
| JUNGLE | In Kipling's works, 'the law of the ...' wasn't survival of the strongest but the expected way of be |
| USHUAIA | Arguably the place with the strongest claim to be the world's southernmost city |
| BIGTOP | The "grand chapiteau" or main tent of a show such as Cirque du Soleil or Giffords Circus (3,3) |
| STAPLE | A medieval town appointed a land's exclusive market for one or more commodities/exports; length of fibres in wool; or, a main element, such as a diet's basic foodstuff (6) |
| BARNSTAPLE | The farm building's a main element in Devon (10) |
| SEA | The main element of research |
| IRON | The main element in steel |
| COUNTERPOINT | A theme contrasting with the main element (12) |
| OCEAN | The main element of a pleasure cruise? |
| ARTIE | The Strongest Man in the World, on "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" |
| INFLORESCENCE | A group off lowers borne on the same branch or main stalk (13) |
| STEM | The root or main part of a word to which formative elements are added (4) |
| MENU | List of food available at The Love Boat in Hollyoaks or Main Street Cafe in Emmerdale, for example (4) |
| CLOU | French word for "nail" that refers to the crux, chief attraction, dominant idea, focus or main point of interest (4) |
| KEEP | Maintain the strongest part of the castle (4) |
