| WILLYNILLY | That man in 15 across is sick in American city, whether one likes it or not (5-5) |
| SINKORSWIM | Discover whether one is equipped for success |
| DECLARES | Specifies, generally in a home game, whether one is going high or low in a split-pot game* |
| GAME | Willing to hang it, if one likes it high (4) |
| SOTHERE | Drunk's present, whether you like it or not! (2,5) |
| THEENDOFTHELINE | Like it or not, that's your lot where ___x marks the spot! (3,3,2,3,4) |
| PLEAD | State whether one is guilty or not (5) |
| DAWN | Whether one calls it Aurora, daybreak, cock-crow, Eos's entrance, first light, sunrise or sunup, it is nearly time for most to wake and get up (4) |
| DECLARE | Indicate (usually in a home game) whether one is going high, low, or both* |
| TESTPILOT | Checks whether one is up to the job in audition for Aviator (4,5) |
| CLOUDEDLEOPARD | It is not clear whether one can see the markings on this cat (7,7) |
| SEAT | Place/chair where something is set, whether one's familial country estate or one's jodhpured derriere (4) |
| ANCILLARY | Subordinate is sick in in a large US city (9) |
| HOLIDAY | Time off initially how one likes it during a year (7) |
| IFTHESHOEFITS | *"It's true, like it or not" |
| FORCEFED | What army mess would get, like it or not? (5-3) |
| NOLENSVOLENS | Whether you like it or not |
| MAL | Bon gre, ___ gre (like it or not, in French) |
| ICANTLIE | "You're getting the truth whether you like it or not" |
| BILLOWS | What the sail does as one is sick in the forepart of the ship (7) |
