| PASSINGINTEREST | Offering no return on investment? It's a temporary concern (7,8) |
| SPELLINGMISTAKE | Marketing keeping pressure on male with one investment - it's a typical problem (8,7) |
| TREPIDATIONS | Middle Eastern agent working to attract foreign direct investment? It's no joke in troubled states! (12) |
| HICCUP | Involuntary spasm, it's a temporary setback (6) |
| PREFAB | Turns up, front entrance opens into lounge with piano - it's a temporary setting (6) |
| SPECULATIVERISK | Situation in which there's a danger of financial loss but also the possibility of a good return on investment |
| GENERALINTEREST | The common good officer gets a return on investment (7,8) |
| ACCRUEDINTEREST | A US credit centre worked out unpaid return on investment (7,8) |
| DOWJONESAVERAGE | Index that might tell you if you've made a good return on investment |
| BANGFORYOURBUCK | Return on investment, slangily |
| DRAWINTEREST | The fascination of a lottery is to get return on investment? (4,8) |
| WITH | Concerned because getting return on investment? (,8) |
| INTEREST | Concerned because getting return on investment? (4,8) |
| STOCKSANDSHARES | Capital banks have runs on investments! (6,3,6) |
| YIELD | What is a dividend return on investment, usually expressed as a percentage (5) |
| KEENINTEREST | Great concern for harp return on investment (4,8) |
| EARNINTEREST | Take in popular street activity to get a return on investment (4,8) |
| ACCRUED | A US credit centre worked out unpaid return on investment (7,8) |
| INITIALOUTLAY | First financial stake that one hopes will produce a good return on investment |
| STOCKPURCHASEPLANS | Employees' options that, when the shares are sold, provide a return on investment |