| HEART | A stake here kills 21 Across. |
| TOTALISER | Change ratio - let's share winnings depending on stake here (9) |
| OTB | You might put down stakes here, briefly |
| PICKET | A stake used as a fence support, a surveyor's mark or as a tether for a horse; or, a protester posted outside their workplace during a strike (6) |
| POLE | A stake formerly marking a favourable starting position in a horse race, hence the most advantageous position at the start of a motor race (4) |
| HALDIRAM | Nagpur-based company close to a stake sale deal, giving up a 9% stake to Temasek Holdings at a valuation of Rs 84,000 crore. (8) |
| VESTEDINTEREST | Maybe a pastime requiring a singlet on a stake |
| ANTE | A stake with a bit of a guarantee (4) |
| POST | A stake or upright marking the start or finish of a horse race; or, a collection or delivery of mail (4) |
| PILE | From "stone pier", word for a heap of bricks, coins, combustibles, dishes or other things; or, a post or a stake for driving into the ground (4) |
| PEG | She's a girl with a point and makes a stake (3) |
| SHAREHOLDER | One with a stake in a company |
| IMPALE | Stick a stake in, as a vampire |
| AWAY | Place a stake by a road retreat (4,4) |
| BACK | Place a stake by a road retreat (4,4) |
| TIED | Fastened or attached, as a tree to a stake (4) |
| DIE | Cry repeated while stabbing a vampire with a stake |
| ANTED | Put a stake in a pool |
| IMPALES | Sticks a stake in, as a vampire |
| STOA | A stake is cut short at a portico (4) |
