| GAIN | Profit as against a loss |
| FLIP | Sell quickly for a profit, as property |
| VIRL | Tip from Scotland as against Ireland? |
| TAPTAP | Sound of repeated light hitting, as against a fishbowl: Hyph. |
| CRACKERJACK | One takes the biscuit, as against a donkey? |
| COUNTER | As against a token (7) |
| ANTONYMS | Term, translating as "against a name", for the semantic "yin and yang" of opposite words, including happy/sad, hot/cold, light/dark and love/hate (8) |
| CLEANUP | Make a big profit as a charlady? (5,2) |
| PLEABARGAINING | Banal gripe about taking profit as a way of avoiding jail (4,10) |
| SCALPED | Sold for a big profit, as tickets |
| SCALP | Resell for a profit, as tickets |
| SCALPS | Sells for a big profit as tickets |
| NETTED | Made a profit, as fisherman did (6) |
| AGAIN | A profit, as before (5) |
| EQUATORIAL | European, as against Iranian money, like a Guinea? |
| SLINGER | David, as against Goliath, a musician engrossing Saul at last |
| BLINDER | Outstanding performance as Cornwall, as against Gloucester |
| COMMERCIAL | On TV a break with profit as the main aim (10) |
| INTOTHEBARGAIN | Where drinker may go, and profit as well (4,3,7) |
| HAGGAI | Witch getting lot of profit as prophet (6) |
