| PURSESTRINGS | Control of finance in a figurative sense (5,7) |
| RIFLE | Sack head of finance in anger (5) |
| ENDOW | Finance, in a way |
| BAILOUT | Withdraw finance in a tricky situation |
| FISC | Primary representation of finances in state coffers? |
| TRUSTFUND | Rely on source of finances, in confidence (5,4) |
| TROPE | Word used in a figurative sense (5) |
| NUMERATE | Literate in a figurative sense? |
| TIP | A helpful or practical hint; a race prediction; a pourboire; a nib; the end of a finger; a leafbud of a tea plant; a rubbish heap; or, a figurative pigsty (3) |
| ABSTRACTLY | In a figurative way (10) |
| PAGE | Word for a leaf in a book, thus a figurative turn in a story; or, a varlet (4) |
| DOOR | Referred to as the "mouth of chi" in feng shui, a portal of entry; a hinged gate-like barrier/panel covering this; or, a figurative opening or opportunity (4) |
| ADRIFT | Word, in a real or figurative sense, meaning aimless, anchorless, at sea, cut loose, floating, lost or off course (6) |
| SUGARY | Word that, in a literal or figurative sense, means candied, cloying, excessively sweet, honeyed, saccharine, sickly or syrupy (6) |
| SQUIB | A firework such as a figurative damp example alluding to something that fails to go off with a bang; a lampoon; or, a paltry individual (5) |
| BAYSTREET | Thoroughfareof-finance in downtown Toronto: 2 wds. |
| CAPITAL | Start-up finance in Edinburgh, say (7) |
| YEN | Foreign finance in many enterprises |
| DYNAMO | From the Greek for "power", a type of generator for converting mechanical energy into electricity; or, a figurative ball of fire or live wire (6) |
| PEDESTAL | A support upon which a bust, column, statue or vase is mounted, hence a figurative place or position of eminence, esteem or reverence (8) |
