| STARTINGPRICE | Beginning with the cost of betting at the off (8,5) |
| PRACTICE | Custom of covering bill with the cost of goods (8) |
| DEATHPENALTY | Ultimate punishment has nothing to do with the cost of life (5,7) |
| DEBIT | Charge with the cost of French piece (5) |
| GAMED | Did some betting at the casino |
| SPRY | Lively betting at the track (4) |
| GETINTOTROUBLE | Upset our lot betting, at the end, to be in difficulty (3,4,7) |
| TENNISRACKETS | Illegal betting at Wimbledon? They are part of the game (6,7) |
| SEVENCARDSTUD | Game with five rounds of betting |
| CHESHIRECAT | In Wonderland Alice encountered this creature who "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin"; the ... (8,3) |
| PRICE | What it costs, starting the odds at the off (5) |
| STARTLED | Surprised to have taken the lead at the "off" (8) |
| SPY | Secretly ascertain odds at the off before end of May (3) |
| LAP | A little drink one is involved with in odds at the off (3) |
| HITCHHIKE | Problem with the cost increase? Get a lift (5-4) |
| TOCSIN | It's in with the cost causing some alarm (6) |
| START | Give a jump at the off (5) |
| UPSTART | A parvenu no longer in bed at the 'off" (7) |
| LOST | Dolts ___, having ___ direction at the off (4) |
| CROATIA | Country whose capital is the only one in the world with a name beginning with the letter "Z" (7) |
