| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RELIEVE | Take over from | |
| DEPOSE | Take over from | |
| REPLACE | Take over from | |
| SUCCEED | Take over office from | |
| DECLINE | To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. | |
| USURP | Take over | |
| REPLACES | Takes over from | |
| DETRACT | Take away (from) | |
| REIGN | Take over a country | |
| APPROPRIATE | Fit to take over | |
| ETHER | Anaesthetic from over there | |
| FLY | Take wing from insect | |
| SHELL | Take (peas) from pod | |
| WITHDRAW | Take from one’s account | |
| DEBIT | Take from an account | |
| BEREAVE | To take away from. | |
| OUTRANK | Take precedence over old-fashioned status | |
| MISERS | Penny-pinchers take tin from ministers | |
| ASSUME | Take over the duties of | |
| DISCRADLE | To take from a cradle. | |
| FEEL | Take heart from coffee lover’s experience | |
| BLEAT | Whining complaint from Lamb over table | |
| MADMAN | Take heart from Muhammad managing lunatic | |
| TEAK | Take off with tree from India | |
| WAGEWAR | Take military action over pay dispute | |