| EXHAUSTIVE | I have to try out all possibilities first being thorough (10) |
| LOTTERY | A gamble many have to try out East (7) |
| NOLUCK | "Welp, guess I have to try again" |
| EFFORTLESS | Didn't have to try too hard. It seemed to be a piece of cake ... (10) |
| METICULOUS | I muscle out crook, being thorough (10) |
| THOUGHTOUT | However, vendor considered all possibilities (7,3) |
| DOTTINGTHE | Being thorough in doing the rounds sober with island left abandoned, say, on Stockton bridge? (7,3,2 |
| TEATASTING | Where to try out some gunpowder? |
| THRIVE | ... but may have to try hard, initially, to plough things up to prosper (6) |
| OOHIMSOSCARED | "You're going to have to try harder than that to spook me!" |
| CAMOUFLAGE | "Guess I don't have to try to ___ anymore" (12-Across's comment on her pic) |
| EXTENSIVE | I have to go after former numbers, being thorough (9) |
| SATSUMA | Fruit: a thing you have to try, returning to chase after it (7) |
| CATCHALL | Designed to cover all possibilities (5-3) |
| COASTED | Ado? Sect affected didn't have to try (7) |
| GUESSNOT | "Looks like we'll have to try again another time" |
| START | It wasn't true at the beginning, so will have to try again (5,5) |
| FALSE | It wasn't true at the beginning, so will have to try again (5,5) |
| CALLOVER | Cover all possibilities, then beckon towards you (4,4) |
| TICKINGOVER | Kit covering all possibilities while idling (7,4) |
