| FISSURE | Sounds like angler made a crack (7) |
| FRANGIBLE | Flimsy fib angler made up (9) |
| KNEEDEEP | Want to remain outside, like angler in stream? (4- 4) |
| ABSOLVE | Pardon a crack about bishop (7) |
| ATTEMPT | Present allure, or have a crack at it (7) |
| CHICAGO | Elegant, a crack musical (7) |
| CREVICE | A crack about the man: an Indian (7) |
| EGGHEAD | Brainy sort that you can have a crack at beating? (7) |
| SNAPPED | Broke with a crack |
| MAYITRY | "Would you let me take a crack at it?" |
| ATFAULT | A crack about Tory leader being in the wrong (2,5) |
| ANYBODY | "Who wants to take a crack at it?" |
| PEERSIN | Looks through a crack |
| ESSAYED | Took a crack at |
| LONGAGO | From way back, yearn to have a crack at (4,3) |
| EYEDICK | We've heard that Richard, although visually impaired, is still a crack shot (4,3,4) |
| SNAP | Word for a sudden audible nip; a snack or nibble; a crack; an earring; a ginger nut; an interjection meaning "same, matching"; a quick photo; a popper; or, a sharp spell of cold (4) |
| CHOP | A brand; a crack; a piece cut off; a sharp downward blow with an axe, cleaver or hand; diced food; a slice of lamb or pork; or, ocean waves (4) |
| BREAK | A crack, fracture or split; a brief pause for elevenses, fourses or tiffin; a sudden rush to escape; a change in the weather; or, a caesura (5) |
| SALUT | Word for a crack of a ship broken by a rock first, later a lengthways divide, slash or slit of a banana, cream bun, curtain, plank or anything else (5) |
