| BERETS | Special forces, being environmentconscious, place wagers on engineers (5,6) |
| GREEN | Special forces, being environment-conscious, place wagers on engineers (5,6) |
| THEFAVORITE | Good one to wager on |
| OTB | Place to place wagers: abbr. |
| THERE | Article on engineers in that place (5) |
| OTBS | Places to place wagers, for short |
| SKINSGAME | Golf competition with wagers on each hole |
| FLOATERS | Wagers on fluid states (8) |
| ABETS | Encourages wagers on old horse (4) |
| LAID | Placed wagers on both legs of round trip? (4,4-3,4) |
| BETS | Placed wagers on both legs of round trip? (4,4-3,4) |
| EACHWAY | Placed wagers on both legs of round trip? (4,4-3,4) |
| BASSETS | The fool, going in, wagers on dogs (7) |
| RELIANT | Dependent on engineers to get Latin translated (7) |
| SPREAD | Pressure on engineers in sorry jam, perhaps |
| BREEDERREACTOR | Animal farm takes on engineers operative from nuclear power source (7,7) |
| REVIEW | Assessment of opinion on engineers (6) |
| RESTRICT | Impose limits on engineers - harsh (8) |
| PRETENDER | Claimant puts pressure on engineers' offer (9) |
| PREDISPOSITION | Tendency to put pressure on engineers' nature (14) |