| ANTECHAMBER | Small room in an old college with light at the end |
| SMOKY | Like a pool room in an old movie |
| ODA | Room in an old Turkish harem |
| HOPE | Echo peaked and rings in the light at the end of the tunnel (4) |
| ONCOMINGTRAIN | Light at the end of the tunnel, to Robert Lowell |
| SETT | Almost see faint light at the end of the tunnel (4) |
| LASERPOINTER | Lecturer's implement with a light at the end |
| NEONATE | Newborn sees light at the end of the cradle (7) |
| SAWA | ___ light at the end of the tunnel; had hope |
| EXIT | Light at the end of the tunnel |
| SEESA | ___ light at the end of the tunnel (has hope) |
| IDIOM | "Light at the end of the tunnel," e.g. |
| CHARACTER | Quality of tea? Light at the end in stock, right! (9) |
| ETERNALIN | Proverb - originally by Alexander Pope - which suggests that there might be light at the end of the tunnel (7,2) |
| THEHUMAN | Proverb - originally by Alexander Pope - which suggests that there might be light at the end of the tunnel (3,5) |
| BREAST | Proverb - originally by Alexander Pope - which suggests that there might be light at the end of the tunnel (6) |
| HOPESPRINGS | Proverb - originally by Alexander Pope - which suggests that there might be light at the end of the tunnel (4,7) |
| LINING | There's a light at the end of the tunnel (5,5,3,1,6,6) |
| SILVER | There's a light at the end of the tunnel (5,5,3,1,6,6) |
| EVERYCLOUDHASA | There's a light at the end of the tunnel (5,5,3,1,6,6) |
