| SULPHURIC | Like the element of chance in roulette usually: hoping, initially, and spinning! |
| DENSE | Like the element osmium |
| KHRUSHCHEV | Kremlin's leader hoping initially to hasten revolutionary velocity? |
| INERT | Like the elements He, Ne and Xe |
| CUPS | One of the four suits of the Minor Arcana in tarot, associated with the element of water (4) |
| PUNT | A dimple in the base of a glass wine bottle; a type of drop kick for touch in rugby; a bet/gamble on horses or in roulette; a point in faro; or, a riverboat propelled with a quant (4) |
| SOUL | The element of humanity the Little Mermaid wants more than the prince (4) |
| DICE | Spotted hexahedrons cast/rolled to determine the outcome of chance in cards, gambling or life; a game played with these; or, small cubes of food (4) |
| CHUCKNORRIS | Actor who supposedly "destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surpri |
| RADON | This man, initially from Madron, discovered the element of atomic number 86 (5) |
| INSIDEBET | Kind of wager in roulette, and a feature of the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| OXIDISE | Combine chemically with the element of atomic number 8 (7) |
| ENTITLEMENT | Claim to mistake the element of a tint (11) |
| GYRATORY | Turning and spinning around from one giddy extreme to the other (8) |
| LOTTO | A game of chance in pilot towns |
| FARO | Game of chance in distant circle |
| LUCKYDIP | Game of chance in a tub (5,3) |
| LITHIUM | The element of humility endlessly exercised (7) |
| ALICIAKEYS | "The Element of Freedom" singer |
| SCONE | One of the elements of the Devon cream tea I want is off the menu, is that what you're saying? (5) |
