| GAMBLE | A bet or transaction depending on chance (6) |
| PUNTER | One who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment (6) |
| RANDOM | Lacking any order, depending on chance |
| RAISED | Bettered a bet, or made it worse |
| ORDEAL | A trying time or transaction (6) |
| FIXATE | Focus on chance to nurse rising team (6) |
| YANKEE | Accumulator bet, or radio code word for letter Y (6) |
| ALEATORIC | Adapt or act a lie, depending on chance |
| ALEATORY | Drink a Conservative takes, depending on chance (8) |
| PUNT | A flat-bottomed boat; a bet; or, first recorded in the rules of football at Rugby School in 1845, a long kick (4) |
| FLUTTER | Informal word for a bet or wager; or, an abnormally rapid heartbeat |
| BEATTHESPREAD | Win a bet, or whip up some butter? |
| CONSIDERTHEODDS | Think before placing a bet ... or what solvers must do to fully appreciate each starred clue |
| MEMORANDUM | A note to assist recall; or, in law, a summary of the terms of a contract or transaction (10) |
| WAGER | Bet or lay a bet (5) |
| POTLUCK | A situation dependent on chance (3,4) |
| DIARIST | One who keeps a regular record of events or transactions in a journal (7) |
| SWINDLE | Fraudulent scheme or transaction (7) |
| REGISTERS | Official or formal lists recording names, events or transactions (9) |
| REGISTER | Official or formal list of names, events or transactions (8) |
