Possible Clues:

• Place inn on the very top
• For many, boarding a boat is the high point
• High point of rock
• Use needle to lance throbbing top
• At the top it comes to a point that could be clean
• The top pub in the place, perhaps
• Towering peak
• Pointed piece of rock left in boat
• The highest point, say of fame
• Highest point at which to fasten clean dressing