| NAILBITER | One in a hand-to-mouth situation in which eventual outcome is uncertain (4-5) |
| NEEDILY | In a hand-to-mouth way |
| INTWOMINDS | Swirling mist - no wind? The outcome is uncertain |
| ACE | One in a hand |
| SINGLETON | In card games. a card that is the only one of its suit in a hand (9) |
| GRANDSLAM | In bridge, the winning of 13 tricks in a hand (5,4) |
| NEARTHING | An event or action whose outcome is almost a failure or disaster (4,5) |
| IMPRECISE | One Cree MP is uncertain. (9) |
| TENTATIVE | Shelter at worker's 'ome is uncertain (9) |
| GENTLEMEN | -- mystery or legend? Agreement is uncertain, article being mislaid (9) |
| ORGAN | Notedly big thing, but there's a hand-to-mouth version (5) |
| SLAM | Loud crash of a door; a forceful dunk of a basketball; the winning by one team of all 13 tricks in a hand in whist; or, a poetry contest (4) |
| ALLS | A satisfactory outcome is the only thing that matters (4,4,4,4,4) |
| JEWSHARP | It means a hand-to-mouth existence for a musician |
| FINGERFOODS | Sustenance for a hand-to-mouth existence? (6,5) |
| TOUCHANDGO | Phrase used to describe a situation where the outcome is hanging in the balance (5,3,2) |
| NOWIN | What describes a situation in which a favourable outcome is impossible? (2-3) |
| POOR | Like someone leading a hand-to-mouth existence |
| DENTIST | He has a hand-to-mouth existence (7) |
| MUCHADO | Cuban I go hand-to-mouth with in Shakespearian play (4,3,5,7) |
