| INKLING | Glimmer of understanding (7) |
| HALFANEYE | Glimmer of understanding of semivowel sound (4,2,3) |
| TWINKLE | Lew and Kit are excited about new glimmer of light (7) |
| CLINTON | One with a glimmer of Hope? |
| STARLIT | With glimmers of brilliance |
| RAY | Word for a line of light or beam of sunshine, thus a glimmer of hope or a gleam of intellectual illumination (3) |
| FAINTHOPE | Glimmer of possibility |
| HOPE | Glimmer of ___; sign that things may get better |
| GLEAM | Glimmer of light (5) |
| TINGE | Glimmer of color |
| TRAY | The first glimmer of a server |
| UPTURN | Glimmer of hope? |
| CRAYON | It's a disadvantage hiding glimmer of hope for colourful writer (6) |
| OFTHE | Glimmer of hope when emerging from underground passage (5,2,3,3,2,3,6) |
| ATTHEEND | Glimmer of hope when emerging from underground passage (5,2,3,3,2,3,6) |
| TUNNEL | Glimmer of hope when emerging from underground passage (5,2,3,3,2,3,6) |
| LIGHT | Glimmer of hope when emerging from underground passage (5,2,3,3,2,3,6) |
| SHINE | Glimmer of hope's beginning for power in backbone |
| RANCHMAN | One handling stock finding glimmer of hope in new mRNA vaccine cutting odds (8) |
| STRAYS | Waifs bringing glimmers of sunshine to street (6) |
