| DIPS | Brief swims; pickpockets; mixtures into which crudites or crisps are dunked; or, momentary losses of altitude mid-flight (4) |
| GLANCE | Word for a swift oblique impact or movement, thus for a hurried or momentary coup d'oeil, aka a peek (6) |
| OREO | Vanilla cream-filled chocolate sandwich "cookie", famously "twisted, licked, dunked" or just devoured (4) |
| INTHEBAG | Where the crisps are secure (2,3,3) |
| OREOS | Snacks that can be dunked or twisted |
| CHOCOLATEBARS | Coffee Crisps are Canadian ones: 2 wds. |
| MIDAIR | Where dramatic slam-dunks are dunked |
| ECLIPSES | Word for astronomical occultations, hence overshadowings or losses of brilliance, fame or power (8) |
| PRALINE | Soft or crisp candy patty made of pecans and brown sugar |
| BLACKMONDAY | 19 October 1987, on which a US stock market crash led to worldwide losses of more than 1.5 trillion US dollars (5,6) |
| LEAKAGES | Losses of water or gas |
| BROWNOUTS | Partial losses of power, right, have settled down in spells (9) |
| DIP | Related to "dive", a word for a plunge; a bath; a quick swim; a hollow; a candle; a sag; a pickpocket; or, sauce in which to dunk crisps/crudites (3) |
| KALE | With varieties including curly and cavolo nero, a brassica and fodder crop used for green juices with ginger, Scotch broth or crisps with pink Himalayan salt (4) |
| HULA | ___ hoops, toys or crisps (4) |
| PLASTERCAST | Copy made by pouring mixture into a mould - art class pet (anag) (7,4) |
| SYNCOPES | Losses of sounds within words |
| DESSERTSPOONFUL | Offset losses of prudent measure |
| DEATHS | Losses of life (6) |
| HUMMUS | Chickpeas pureed with garlic and tahini for pitta, crudites, crisps etc (6) |
