| SPES | Hope or that which springs eternal (5th f.): expectatio |
| FIREWEED | The rosebay willowherb, which springs up after bushfires (8) |
| CAUSE | A reason or motive; or, that which produces an effect (5) |
| PURSUIT | Word for the act of following or chasing a fast car, game, a hobby, knowledge, love, a track bike, trivia etc; or, that which is striven after (7) |
| WRECK | A ruined ship or person; or, that which is cast ashore by the sea (5) |
| PIN | A secret number; or, that which fastens a hat, one's hair, paper, a tailor's cloth or a wrestler to a mat (3) |
| RES | Business event, deed, or simply a thing (5th f. so pl also) |
| RESIDUE | A remainder or that which is left (7) |
| HOPE | Word for the desire that "springs eternal"; or, paired with "chest", a synonym for the bottom drawer or glory box for a woman's trousseau (4) |
| REI | Of an event, for business (5th f.) |
| POPE | Source of the line "Hope springs eternal ..." |
| ALEXANDERPOPE | English poet who wrote 'Hope springs eternal in the human breast' |
| RAT | It springs eternal |
| HOPS | Springs eternal? (4) |
| RAYS | Beams of light, perhaps breaking through darkness or clouds, thus symbolic of hope; or, fishes that glide through the water with fan-like fins (4) |
| EXPECTATION | Hope or belief that something will happen (11) |
| WISH | Hope or dream ...or both! |
| RAY | Word for a line of light or beam of sunshine, thus a glimmer of hope or a gleam of intellectual illumination (3) |
| BUBBLE | Iridescent sphere that figuratively bursts when one's hopes or illusions are deflated; or, with "bath", a laugh (6) |
| YELLOW | Vitellary or yolky colour of a proverbial brick road or path leading to a promised land of one's dreams, fame, hopes or wealth (6) |
