| BEERNUT | One of a handful at a bar |
| ALFRED | One of a handful of Smiths in the Hall of Fame |
| CONFETTI | A handful at the wedding? (8) |
| VENDING | A handful at closing sales. (7) |
| REINS | Handful at 55-Across |
| EVELYN | Forename of the author of A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited (6) |
| EVELYNWAUGH | The author of A Handful of Dust (6,5) |
| GEOMANCY | Divination from the configuration of a handful of earth or random dots (8) |
| WISP | A handful of hay or straw; a small broom; a twisted bunch used as a torch; a strand of hair; a streak of smoke; or, one of slight or delicate stature (4) |
| BUNCH | Informal word for a group of people/friends; a handful of flowers; or, a cluster of grapes (5) |
| OBOL | From "iron rod, nail", an ancient Greek silver coin originally in the form of a metal spit, of which six or a handful made a drachma (4) |
| SPLITINFINITIVE | To maybe make a handful of pieces, crushing one egg? One starts here |
| BEANS | If you cracked open maracas, you might find dried peas or ___ inside (Craft-y suggestion: If you want to make a pair at home, put a handful of them in plastic water bottles and get shaking) |
| GRAB | What kids scramble to do to the candy that falls out of a pinata (or to pick up a handful of movie theater popcorn) |
| ALFONSONIETO | Son of a multiple World Champion who won a handful of 250cc races and still works in the Motogp paddock. (7,5) |
| COUPLE | A handful of the French behind seizure of power (6) |
| OVERLAP | Bit of a coincidence proving a handful during parole, drunk (7) |
| ADVANCE | Promote a social event, getting a handful of classicists in? |
| LAST | Tony -, protagonist of 1934 Evelyn Waugh novel A Handful of Dust |
| WAUGH | Author whose novel A Handful of Dust was adapted into a film starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert G |
