| WISP | Handful of hay |
| LOTTS | Handful of hay |
| BUNCHES | Word for bobs of cherries, clusters of grapes, groups of boys, handfuls of flowers, hands of bananas, pelotons of cyclists, pigtails of hair, rings of keys or other agglomerations of things (7) |
| EVELYN | One of the first names of the author of Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited |
| ALFRED | One of a handful of Smiths in the Hall of Fame |
| BUNCH | Informal word for a group of people/friends; a handful of flowers; or, a cluster of grapes (5) |
| ELITE | "On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an ___ school for the top one percent of its pilots. Its purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to ensure that the handful of men |
| COUPLE | A handful of the French behind seizure of power (6) |
| LAST | Tony ___, protagonist of 1934 Evelyn Waugh novel A Handful of Dust (4) |
| POMPOM | Showy display, the essence of some handful of cheerleaders? (6) |
| WAUGH | Novelist whose major works include Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy (5) |
| DICKGAUGHAN | Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter whose albums include Handful of Earth, Melody Maker's album of the year in 1981 |
| EVELYNWAUGH | The author of A Handful of Dust (6,5) |
| GRAB | What kids scramble to do to the candy that falls out of a pinata (or to pick up a handful of movie theater popcorn) |
| ALFONSONIETO | Son of a multiple World Champion who won a handful of 250cc races and still works in the Motogp paddock. (7,5) |
| FLUSH | Handful of diamonds? |
| GLOB | Handful of mud, say |
| FEW | Handful of, say |
| RYE | A handful of very early cereal (3) |
| EFFACED | Expunged a handful of notes |
