| GIVEUPTHEGHOST | High-ups get vote adjusted and stop working (4,2,3,5) |
| BALLOTBOX | Party perhaps too big mainly to get vote in this? (6,3) |
| ALTITUDE | It just shows what the high-ups get up to! |
| GIVEUP | Become dispirited and stop working (4,2,3,5) |
| ACTUP | Be mischievous and stop working. (3,2) |
| STRIKE | Find pound and stop working (6) |
| RETIRE | Engineers flag and stop working (6) |
| GRINDTOAHALT | Slow down and stop working (5,2,1,4) |
| EYRIE | I am introduced to Jane among the high-ups |
| RUNATIGHTSHIP | Around start of tour, train high-ups at sea to maintain discipline |
| ATTIC | Exposed network where high-ups are found? (5) |
| ENTERPRISE | Repent wrongdoing and get up, get up and go! (10) |
| ECHELON | Level, once he adjusted and engaged student (7) |
| EVENTUAL | Net value is adjusted - and that's final! (8) |
| SPACEBAR | Pa needs braces adjusted and every typist knows it (5,3) |
| ENHANCED | Adjusted and hence improved (8) |
| ESCALATED | Date scale adjusted and intensified |
| WELLSET | Spring adjusted and firmly fixed (4-3) |
| CABERS | Braces adjusted and thrown up North (6) |
| CROUPIERS | Our prices are adjusted and they rake in the money |