| LUCID | Most of the luck I had is very understandable (5) |
| HARTE | Author of "The Luck of Roaring Camp" |
| CLEAR | Make a profit, which is very understandable (5) |
| RIGID | The tackle I had is inflexible (5) |
| GREEN | But, putting it like this, gotta be the luck of the Irish... (3,2,3,5) |
| MOULT | Tom has only half the luck in the shed (5) |
| IRISH | "The Luck of the ___" |
| INSIPID | Fashionable drink I had is devoid of flavour |
| OXIDISE | Old cross I had is beginning to exhibit rust (7) |
| KID | The youngster's in luck, I dare say |
| MOOTPOINT | New option Tom had is subject that is disputed (4,5) |
| SOSUEME | "Tough luck ... I don't care what you think" |
| VANISHED | A vehicle I and she had is no longer here (8) |
| GIVETHEDEVILHISDUE | Acknowledge unpleasant individual's redeeming qualities: private vet man had is outstanding when nursing bad horse (4,3,5,3,3) |
| SHERIDAN | Playwright had 'is 'n' 'er mixed up (8) |
| ANDAGE | One saying Dante had is revised now as cliche? (2,4,3,3,3) |
| INTHISDAY | One saying Dante had is revised now as cliche? (2,4,3,3,3) |
| BRETHARTE | US writer whose short stories include The Outcasts Of Poker Flat and The Luck Of Roaring Camp (4,5) |
| COBB | Lee J. of 1948's "The Luck of the Irish" |
| BARRYLYNDON | William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of an Irish rogue, The Luck Of ... (5,6) |
