| OMD | Merseysiders kept in the bottom drawer (3) |
| ROUSSEAU | French painter has stuff in the bottom drawer, not the top (8) |
| BED | Flowers may be planted in the bottom of the sea (3) |
| TEA | Leaves in the bottom of the cup, perhaps (3) |
| EAT | Put away in the bottom of O2,O folded up (3) |
| OMC | "How Bizarre" that these New Zealanders appear in the Bottom comedy (3) |
| ASH | Debris in the bottom of a fireplace |
| 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) |
| TROUSSEAU | Stuff for the bottom drawer (9) |
| ENGAGED | Busy topping up the bottom drawer? (7) |
| REWARD | Benefit coming from the bottom drawer? |
| GLORYBOX | Bottom drawer in Australia and New Zealand (5,3) |
| WALKOFFSHAME | Humiliation of the pitcher who gives up the game winner in the bottom of the ninth? |
| ENOS | First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series |
| KICK | A sudden spurt of speed in athletics; piquancy; a blow with the foot; or, the punt or dimple in the bottom of a glass wine bottle (4) |
| HALLOWEENWEEK | Themed show on Strictly in 2024 in which Shayne Ward land in the bottom two but was saved by the judges (9,4) |
| RALLIED | Tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, e.g. |
| TITANIA | Bottom drawer in Shakespeare? (7) |
| HOPECHEST | Speech made in hot situation for American bottom drawer (4-5) |
| HOLED | Sounds like it's in the bottom of the ship, but spelling disaster if bottom of ship really is (5) |
