| KEEPTHEWOLFFROMTHEDOOR | Get by with basic food - but avoid the possibility of a pork feast maybe! |
| STRAWS | Clutch them when all looks lost, but avoid the short one! (6) |
| COMMONSENSE | Good judgment, providing directions with basic food |
| BIGBADWOLF | Puffy character planning a blowout pork feast? (3,3,4) |
| MOA | Part of an ancient NZ feast, maybe |
| ELUDES | Avoids the possibility of being sued by the Spanish (6) |
| SPECULATIVERISK | Situation in which there's a danger of financial loss but also the possibility of a good return on investment |
| OPENINGNIGHT | The possibility of a job at sea? Thing is, it's all for show - the first of many if those play-actors are successful? (7,5) |
| KIM | Actress Cattrall whose demands may have scuttled the possibility of a third "Sex and the City" movie |
| FOREWARNED | Told in advance of the possibility of a strike? (10) |
| SKATEDONTHINICE | Took risks, with the possibility of a breakthrough? |
| SLATE | Criticise the possibility of a debt on it? (5) |
| LAMENT | Mourn the possibility of a mental breakdown (6) |
| DESCENT | Scented the possibility of a comedown (7) |
| STUB | It is only a short piece but will get by with a beer (4) Yesterday Across: |
| PRIVET | Growing possibility of a price cut by a surgeon |
| CHANCE | Possibility of a companion getting the cane, maybe? (6) |
| CHATGPT | OpenAI product that can produce a coherent maid-of-honor speech but might struggle with basic arithmetic |
| PASS | Top grade going down, but get by with a lesser one (4) |
| CRACKLING | Crisp skin of a pork joint (9) |
