| ROMPU | Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron (5) |
| EVATE | Widened at the top, as an urn |
| STUNG | It hurt in the past that the peace, say, is broken at the end of the street (5) |
| STRIPE | An old word for a whip to the flesh with a scourge or lash; a band of colour; a banded cloth or pattern, such as that in the Breton or candy style; or, a chevron on a sleeve (6) |
| ORGAN | Perhaps fin or tail of whiting are broken at the end (5) |
| HAMMY | Over-the-top, as acting |
| BRAWL | Law broken at the end of brother's dispute (5) |
| CRUET | Truce broken at the dining table! (5) |
| TENCH | What's clearly smelt with head cut off, or another fish |
| SWEAT | I can be broken at the gym |
| CREST | Top, as of a hill |
| CHARGE | Heraldic device such as a chevron, cross, pale or saltire represented on a shield; a bugle call; accumulation of electricity; or, a headlong rush of cavalry troops (6) |
| UNCAP | Remove top as gentleman often does doff to lady |
| SCALED | Tries to reach the top as a Libra should (6) |
| CRESTING | Reaching the top, as a wave |
| CRENELED | Having gaps in the top, as a castle wall |
| SURFACES | Comes to the top, as a diver |
| SCALES | Tries to reach the top as a Libra should |
| COTISE | Firm set I fancy showing a heraldic band adjacent to an ordinary, such as a chevron (6) |
| PULLSUP | Hauls one to the top as one stops the car (5,2) |
