| SWEETPOTATO | We set out to top a rotten edible tuber (5,6) |
| ANGEL | Item used to top a Christmas tree; a tradition originally popularised by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (5) |
| JAR | A glass container of bright red cherries you might grab when it's time to top a banana split |
| CHER | Only solo artist to top a Billboard chart in seven consecutive decades |
| CORNETS | We set out to use corn to play with (7) |
| SWEET | We set out to be like a sixteen year old |
| SWEETMEATS | We set out to spoil teams with delicacies (10) |
| SWEETMEAT | We set out to tame another delicacy |
| TAB | Versatile word with meanings including an aerofoil, a bill, a cigarette, a collar insignia, a dose of LSD, a flap, a fob, a loop of a theatrical curtain, the drape itself, musical notation, a pill, a |
| WEIGHTWATCHERS | We set out targets which they try to reduce |
| ESTATES | On the plantations we set out the teas to provide the necessary (7) |
| SWEETEST | We set out at the outset to be most charming |
| ESTATE | We set out tea at the plantation (6) |
| WINNIPEG | Pining, we set out for the capital (8) |
| SLOWEST | Furthest off the pace when we lost out to top sprinter (7) |
| OUTSELL | Start without leading trader - a couple of learners out to top the market (7) |
| CASTOR | A flour dredger-like pepperette or sugar shaker with a perforated top; a sextuple star system that is Pollux's less-bright twin in Gemini; a beaver, its genus or a hat from its fur; or, a small swivel |
| COUNTER | A tally, teller, timer or totaliser; a tiddlywink or points-tracker; a token representing a coin; a kitchen top; a turnstile or till's table over which takeaways, teas or tickets are traded and legal |
| COMEINTOONESOWN | Have one's talents recognised in section on moon we set out (4,4,4,3) |
| ROTOR | Turner's run out to top of road |
