| DOADEAL | Phrase meaning "be collaborative in business" formed by inserting an anagram of "loaded" into _ _ _ _ _ A _: 3 wds. |
| PLAYITSAFE | Phrase meaning "be risk-averse" formed by the counterpart of "pause" + an anagram of "fiesta": 3 wds. |
| ENDUP | Phrase meaning "be, ultimately" formed by the opposites of "beginning" and "down": 2 wds. |
| COOP | Jointly owned business formed by a dove's call + P: Hyph. |
| FARM | Agricultural business formed by F + a limb |
| CARTEL | Combination of independent business formed to regulate production, pricing and marketing (6) |
| IDEATE | Verb meaning "be imaginative" formed by anagramming all but the J of "jadeite" |
| AIL | Verb meaning "be under the weather" formed by removing the first letter of a synonym for "rear end" |
| WASSAIL | Meaning "be in good health", an old drinking salutation; warm spiced ale/cider or mulled wine drunk during a joyous celebration such as Yuletide; or, a spell of carol singing from house to house (7) |
| OWE | Verb meaning "be behind financially" spelled in the even letters of "co-owner" |
| DAREDEVIL | Risk-taker formed by a verb meaning "be bold" + a synonym for "Satan" |
| NSFW | Initialism meaning "Be wary of looking at this in the office" |
| BULLETIN | Report of loaded gun? (8) |
| PACKTRAIN | Cubs do exercises to form line of loaded animals (4,5) |
| NONRANDOM | Like the results of loaded dice |
| BROKE | Opposite of loaded |
| FRUITFUL | Productive description of loaded apple-tree? (8) |
| ALLUP | Acting to row back total weight of loaded aircraft |
| BURSTATTHESEAMS | 1) Name an idiom meaning "be overcrowded." |
| SALVE | An old greeting, hail or wish, from "health", meaning "be well"; or, from "ointment", a soothing or healing balm, often with a pleasant camphoraceous, herbal or medicinal smell (5) |
