| FIGHTINGCHANCE | Opportunity to win but only with a struggle (8,6) |
| ACIDSOIL | Rhodos love it, but only with a solid CIA performance (4,4) |
| SQUEAKTHROUGH | To pass, survive or win, but only just |
| EKES | ___ out a victory (wins, but only just) |
| OUTLAST | Survive exile only with a change of heart |
| TWINED | Ted gets to win but becomes twisted in the event |
| COMMANDO | Authority rests only with a soldier (8) |
| TIPPED | Predicted to win but capsized (6) |
| NAPPED | Fancied to win but dropped off (6) |
| SPORTINGCHANCE | Perform song about wine and risk a reasonable opportunity to win (8,6) |
| ATASTRETCH | He attracts constituents but only with difficulty (2,1,7) |
| PAYERS | They may subsidise part of service, but only with one rupee (6) |
| FLEWUNDERTHERAD | Did some aviation, but only with way awesome instruction? |
| SETPOINT | In tennis, opportunity to win part of a match (3,5) |
| INCOGNITO | Fashionable company got in with a struggle, using a different name? (9) |
| FESTIVITY | Fit TV, yes, with a struggle around middle of joint for a celebration (9) |
| SARDINES | More than one fish is snared with a struggle |
| ILIAD | It begins with a struggle between Agamemnon and Achilles |
| AGHOSTOFACHANCE | Little possibility of Banquo getting an opportunity to win on the horses perhaps (1,5,2,1,6) |
| WREST | Take with a struggle |
