| HEADY | Principal from yard on top of the world? (5) |
| IDEALIST | Sounds like principal from primary is a bit of a Walter Mitty (8) |
| ANNOYS | Removing principal from public address system at school gets on someone's nerves (6) |
| ENMITY | Bitterness of the last of the sage and wild mint from yard (6) |
| EYRIE | I watched as two birds, right there in my front yard on the outskirts of Exeter, built a nest (5) |
| ARCTICCIRCLE | On top of the world, seeing ring below, putting a bit of it at the top and getting teacher's approval, in short |
| SECRETLY | Private left yard on the sly (8) |
| BRACE | Line attached to end of yard on square-rigged vessel (5) |
| EVERYDAY | Still reduced quantity of light around yard on a regular basis |
| CLOUD | On top of the world if on one of clouds (5) |
| MANGLE | Make a mess of 1000 on the corner (6) |
| ARMYBASE | Private post here for The Branch from Yard Headquarters (4,4) |
| YETIS | Monsters coming from yard, location to the west (5) |
| EMPLOY | Make use of foreign mole over pressure from Yard (6) |
| YELL | Shout from yard, horrible place in the East End (4) |
| YAM | Edible tuber obtained from yard in the morning (3) |
| ALJOLSON | Subject of a 2006 biography with the subtitle "Sittin' on Top of the World" |
| NORTHPOLE | The man from Gdansk? He is on top of the world! (5,4) |
| ROOF | A thatch; the metaphoric top of the world; or, part of a cave from which a stalactite hangs (4) |
| EVEREST | On the night before we had a break. We are on top of the world (7) |
