| SYSTEMIC | Hawken says don't worry so much about the rankings in the graph, we need to think at a ... level. Halfway between your sister, a stem and that mic you use in karaoke. (8) |
| LEE | Golfer Westwood who replaced Tiger Woods as #1 in the rankings in 2010 |
| IDEATE | Think at a think tank |
| REASSURES | Says, "Don't worry, you can do it" |
| FRETLESS | Don't worry so much about a type of bass (8) |
| MINDLESS | Don't worry so much about being inane (8) |
| BROTHERINLAW | 'How come you know so much about the courts, Tarzan?' |
| ENS | Ranking in the USN |
| BRASS | High ranking in the horn section? (5) |
| NOSWEAT | Nose wet? Say, 'Don't worry!' (2,5) |
| LACONIC | Not saying much about the French study being pronouncedly icy (7) |
| RYANFOX | Kiwi golfer who rose to a career-high 23rd in the world rankings in September 2023 (4,3) |
| ELINASVITOLINA | The first Ukrainian woman to break into the top 10 rankings in tennis |
| DRAWDOWN | What is the word used by Hawken and others to pull CO2 from the air? (8) |
| ALLEVIATE | Moderate at A level revising to get in institute initially (9) |
| FIGHTERPLANES | "We've just learned that two of the graph's dimensions have been secured by a squadron of ___!" |
| ITWITH | In Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries, "You work, you save, you worry so; But you can't take ... you wh |
| STANDING | Word for continuance/duration; a halt or place to be on one's feet; one's footing in life; or, a ranking in sport (8) |
| ASHBARTY | First Australian woman to achieve No. 1 ranking in tennis: Evonne Goolagong Cawley; second Australian to achieve the No. 1 ranking: ? (3,5) |
| LETMESEE | I need to think the French paper's dropped one pair of Europeans (3,2,3) |