| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ATTAINING | Winning | |
| PREVAILING | Winning | |
| VICTORIOUS | Winning | |
| TAKING | Winning | |
| ENGAGING | Winning | |
| HURRAH | Winning cheer | |
| EUCHRE | Trick-winning game | |
| CHICAGO | Oscar-winning musical | |
| YAHOO | Winning cheer | |
| ACE | Winning serve | |
| ACES | Winning serves | |
| INN | Hotel’s regularly winning | |
| ON TOP | Winning in addition | |
| HIT | Popular winning song | |
| TERESA | Nobel Prize-winning nun | |
| KAYO | Winning boxing blow | |
| MARTIN | Mr Freeman, Oscar-winning actor | |
| MOULINROUGE | Award-winning Baz Luhrmann film | |
| FAULKNER | US Nobel-winning author, William | |
| CHECKMATE | Winning move in chess | |
| ACED | Hit a winning serve | |
| WINNINGLY | In a winning manner. | |
| SLAM | Mal’s distributed winning bridge hand | |
| CHEERLEADERS | Dancing girls support those winning | |
| DRAWING | Sketch neither winning nor losing | |