| PURPLEPATCH | Period of success or good fortune (6,5) |
| ONAROLL | What people experiencing a period of success or good luck are said to be (2,1,4) |
| MAKEORBREAK | Be the crucial test of success or failure (4,2,5) |
| SUMMIT | Apex or acme of anything such as a mountain or of success; or, an assembly of government leaders (6) |
| THEWAYTOWIN | Strategy for success (or book title of 2007) |
| DEADDUCK | Plan or idea with no chance of success or survival (4,4) |
| HOWLING | Kind of success or monkey |
| STREAK | Run of success or luck (6) |
| ODDS | Chances of success or failure (4) |
| TROPHY | A memorial of success, or glory, etc (6) |
| SECRETSAUCE | Ingredient for success, or what's hidden in each starred answer |
| ALLISNOTLOST | There is still some chance of success, or recovery (3,2,3,4) |
| BAROMETER | Indicator of success or situational change; named after an instrument used to predict the weather (9) |
| PURPLE | - patch, period of high achievement or good fortune (6) |
| BONANZA | Source of wealth or good fortune |
| BOREDOM | Ennui, to do with onset of depression in period of success? |
| BEGRUDGE | Resent somone's pleasure or good fortune (8) |
| GODSEND | Blessing or good fortune (7) |
| CRYROASTMEAT | Obsolete phrase meaning to announce to others one's luck or good fortune |
| RUN | Period of success on Broadway |
