### Clue: Get to the top on Tyneside? (7)
### Answer: SCALENE 
 ### Explanation: SCALE(to get to/to climb up to the top) **placed above**(on, in a down clue) NE(abbrev. for the North-east region of England/Tyneside).
Answer: As in a "scalene triangle", one with 3 unequal sides.