| MENDIPS | In the hills, chaps take lucky chances |
| TIP | "Take Lucky Lady in the fifth," e.g. |
| MENDIP | In these hills chaps get duck |
| FLUKES | What are lucky chances known as (6) |
| MENAGE | Chaps take a long time in the household |
| ROYALS | Two chaps take the way of Imperials |
| SERENDIPITY | A decline in composure leading to a lucky chance (11) |
| AMENDMENT | Chaps take new tandem round for a change |
| ENSUE | Decapitated chaps take legal action to follow (5) |
| KULFI | By lucky chance almost picked up one Indian dessert |
| FLUKE | Lucky chance (5) |
| SETOFF | Briefly glimpse wealthy chap take his leave? |
| HOLLYWOOD | Word whose huge letters comprise a famous sign in the hills of Los Angeles; its 7th and 8th letters, as well as three of the same letter temporarily added above it, were painted the colors of the Olym |
| RASSLE | Take to the ground, in the hills |
| HIT | Word for a find originally, later a success; a strike of a ball, target or anything else; a witticism; a lucky chance; a single visit to a website; or, a dose of a narcotic (3) |
| CARACAL | Also known as the desert lynx, or Persian lynx, this short-tailed cat is found in the hills, deserts, and plains of Africa, the Middle East, and central and southwestern Asia. |
| FELLOWS | In the hills that hurts chaps (7) |
| UPLANDS | The correct way a plane touches down in the hills? (7) |
| TOWERS | The buildings we sited in the hills (6) |
| TORMENTOR | He's annoying the soldiers in the hills (9) |
