| CAKEHOLE | What a doughnut might have and inevitably where it ends up |
| DRAINAGE | Note downpour develop over time and where it ends up |
| LITTER | Have offspring and, inevitably, a mess! (6) |
| WAS | "It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It ___ only a kiss, it ___ only a kiss": "Mr. Brightside" |
| STYE | Yes, it ends up in a painful lump (4) |
| FLIBBERTIGIBBET | It ends up at gallows after Lambert stabbed liar for gossip (15) |
| OTIC | It ends up chaotic around the ears |
| TEABAG | Get upset about group of lawyers-it ends up in hot water (3,3) |
| HIT | Watch it end up as a wallop! (3) |
| TWISTER | A swindler; a doughnut-like cruller; a party game of contortionism played on a mat; a rope-maker; a tornado; or, a person who dances the Watusi (7) |
| RADON | It ends up as lead |
| GOAL | It ends up in the crease |
| AORTA | It ends up in your stomach |
| LETTUCE | Cute to let it end up in salad! (7) |
| SUNKEN | A mistletoe root; a US word for a doughnut; an unbuoyant person or thing, such as a weight; or, part of fishing-tackle that, with "hook" and "line", is referenced in a phrase used to mean "completely" |
| PRIVATEPRACTICE | What doctors can have and a drill for the lower rank - what a drama (7,8) |
| BIGSHOESTOFILL | What a successor may have, and a hint to three letters hidden in each starred answer |
| NOT | To Have and Have ___ starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall |
| CAKE | Item you might want to have and eat it too (4) |
| SOMETHINGTOLOSE | What risktakers have ... and what the starts of 17-, |