| Top-flight barrister: Colloq. | 29 |
| Top-5 baby girl name in 2009 | 28 |
| Top-20 tune of '59 | 22 |
| Top-10 tune of '74 | 22 |
| Top-10 tune of '69 | 22 |
| Top-10 tune of '67 | 22 |
| Top-10 tune of '58 | 22 |
| Top-10 surname in Spain | 23 |
| Top-10 baby name since 2002 | 27 |
| Top ___ (excellent) (5) | 23 |
| Top ___ (burlesque V.I.P.) | 26 |
| Top ___ (burlesque star) | 24 |
| Top with lots of syrup | 22 |
| Top with lots of gravy | 22 |
| Top with four letters on it | 27 |
| Top with ear flaps, often | 25 |
| Top with a quip, maybe | 22 |
| Top watch's quality | 23 |
| Top two trump cards in euchre | 29 |
| Top to bottom, A to Z, etc. | 27 |
| Top tennis player Ivan | 22 |
| Top ten welfare screw-ups? | 26 |
| Top Tatar's tattler? | 24 |
| Top student's pride | 23 |
| Top student's foursome | 26 |
| Top specialist at the bakery? | 29 |
| Top server on a court? | 22 |
| Top sellers sealing the deal? | 29 |
| Top sellers of the 1920s | 24 |
| Top scores in Olympic diving | 28 |
| Top score, or half a score | 26 |
| Top score on any PSAT segment | 29 |
| Top removed by attendants | 25 |
| Top reason for traffic jams | 27 |
| Top rating in many guides | 25 |
| Top QB: 1981–82 | 22 |
| Top prize at las Olimpiadas | 27 |
| Top point of a mountain | 23 |
| Top players in a tournament | 27 |
| Top place to get sunburned? | 27 |
| Top pitcher on the staff | 24 |
| Top piece of a two-piece | 24 |
| Top pick in 2004 NFL draft | 26 |
| Top part of an entablature | 26 |
| Top part of a form, usually | 27 |
| Top part of a disguise | 22 |
| Top or bottom, in baseball | 26 |
| Top Olympic medals, in Madrid | 29 |
| Top off, as a gas tank | 22 |
| Top of the lingerie line | 24 |
| Top of the holiday season? | 26 |
| Top of the Eiffel Tower? | 24 |
| Top of the corp. ladder | 23 |
| Top of the charts, in Mexico | 28 |
| Top of the Catholic Church? | 27 |
| Top of some rating scales | 25 |
| Top of some clock dials | 23 |
| Top of many a timepiece | 23 |
| Top of Hernando's head | 26 |
| Top of an "i" | 23 |
| Top of a woman's swimsuit | 29 |
| Top of a tall building, maybe | 29 |
| Top of a Roman candle? | 22 |
| Top of a ladder?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Top of a ladder, maybe | 22 |
| Top of a job description | 24 |
| Top of a form, perhaps | 22 |
| Top name in Modena: 1288 | 24 |
| Top music agency in L.A. | 24 |
| Top money horse in 1950 | 23 |
| Top military rank: Abbr. | 24 |
| Top military draft category | 27 |
| Top medal metal, usually | 24 |
| Top Médoc classification | 27 |
| Top man in the Dodgers dugout | 29 |
| Top man in the chorus? | 22 |
| Top line of a form, often | 25 |
| Top kick, for one: Abbr. | 24 |
| Top item on a to-do list | 24 |
| Top in a certain contest | 24 |
| Top hat, cane or monocle | 24 |
| Top for some containers | 23 |
| Top floor of many homes | 23 |
| Top drawer for tourists | 23 |
| Top draft classification | 24 |
| Top dogs in the States | 22 |
| Top Democrat in the Senate | 26 |
| Top country album of mid-1988 | 29 |
| Top corn-producing state | 24 |
| Top competitors, often | 22 |
| Top company in a group | 22 |
| Top colonel's reward | 24 |
| Top choices, for short | 22 |
| Top choice, so to speak | 23 |
| Top chef, to a gourmet | 22 |
| Top celebrity groupings | 23 |
| Top card in a royal flush | 25 |
| Top butcher's title? | 24 |
| Top bowling score for Brutus | 28 |
| Top baseball name since 1958 | 28 |