| ANNAPURNA | Himalayan ridge a girl surprisingly ran up |
| NEUTER | Like the German for girl, surprisingly (6) |
| NAVAL | (and 6 Across) Sailor surprisingly ran Anglia TV (5,6) |
| SLEET | Lester surprisingly runs off in wintry weather (5) |
| INSURMOUNTABLE | Surprisingly run out bailsmen, they cannot be overcome (14) |
| CHINE | From "pin, thorn", word for a beast's vertebral column; a cut/chop of this for cooking; otherwise, an angle in a ship's hull, a crest of land, a deep Dorset ravine, a mountain ridge, a projecting rim |
| TROUGH | Meteorological opposite of a ridge; a vessel traditionally used in breadmaking; or, a feed/water manger for horses and livestock (6) |
| ARETE | Ridge a feature of bare terrain (5) |
| KNIFEEDGE | Narrow ridge, a perilous place on which to be |
| REEF | Judge crossing end of ridge - a coral one, perhaps (4) |
| THREEFOLD | Informed about hard ridge a few times (9) |
| OAK | With Ridge, a Tennessee city |
| CLOCK | What the mouse ran up, in a rhyme |
| OWED | Ran up a bill |
| NARRATE | Ran up to judge to tell a story |
| NARRATION | Given a share, ran up an account |
| NARROW | Ran up to a disturbance, being close (6) |
| ROAMS | Runs up a big cell phone bill, in a way |
| GABS | Runs up a big phone bill, in a way |
| GODS | A few of the Queen's dogs ran up - they're divine! (4) |
