| ENVIED | Having grudgingly admired, in the end be pitted against |
| KITES | Flying frames that can be toys or, in Afghanistan for instance, can be pitted against each other in |
| VENGEANCE | With which wronged can in the end be getting even? (9) |
| ENABLED | Can in the end be activated (7) |
| LEAF | Admired in the pastime of "peeping", any one of the organs of photosynthesis of deciduous trees and other plants, turning from green to yellow and red in the autumn (4) |
| CHAMPION | Top performer much admired in the North (8) |
| PASSIONATE | Before I pass on, at the end, be especially ardent (10) |
| LAC | Take off at the end, be without resin (3) |
| DEEP | Go off the ___ end (be irrational) |
| STAINED | Glass admired in church but frowned on in a public house |
| THEEDGE | Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin were pitted against the elements and each other in this 1997 action |
| CIA | Spy group once pitted against the KGB (1,1,1) |
| AVATAR | Embodiment of the middle class pitted against a sailor (6) |
| ATTRACT | Draw between the Poles pitted against each other? (7) |
| THEM | At the outset, they have every member pitted against us |
| OLIVE | Fruit that might be pitted and stuffed |
| TRUE | To no end, be penitent - really! |
| DENEB | End be troublesome for star (5) |
| LEASED | Let some ends be seen in metal (6) |
| ALSMITH | Former N.Y. governor admired in Huntsville? |
