| PROMISING | Likely to turn out well |
| COMEOUTIN | To ____ the wash is to be revealed at last or turn out well |
| OPTIMISM | Feeling that all is going to turn out well (8) |
| WINSOMEST | Most likely to turn heads and secure certain empty seat (9) |
| PAN | Out: turn out well; be quite successful? |
| NIGHTMAIL | Old warrior with armour on read out well-known poem |
| HUNKYDORY | David Bowie's fourth album turned out well (5,4) |
| WORKEDFOR | Was on the staff of and it panned out well |
| SUITEDANDBOOTED | Odd - beauties don't turn out well-dressed |
| ROTUND | Santas do turn out well -rounded (6) |
| SUCCEED | Step into another's shoes and turn out well (7) |
| ILLFATED | Felt laid badly? It won't turn out well |
| ABLESSING | Odd abiding issue involving novelist, an apparent misfortune that turned out well in the end (1,8,2,8) |
| EVERAFTER | Worked out well for everyone (4,3,5,7,4,5) |
| GONETOPOT | Opted for cannabis, but hasn't turned out well (4,2,3) |
| ARTESIAN | It might be a strain, at the end, but it could turn out well (8) |
| SUCCEEDS | Attempt to get moisture from pips, we hear, turns out well |
| TRUSTTOFATE | Hope (something) turns out well |
| SUCCESS | Win that turns out well (7) |
| LYRE | Historic stringed instrument: some forgery likely to turn up |
