| MISSTHEBOAT | What a retired yachter might do to lose an opportunity? (4,3,4) |
| SLOUGHOFFTHEMARK | What a snake would do to lose a tattoo? |
| STUDFEE | What a retired racehorse may bring in (2 wds.) |
| ACCESS | Approach or find a way for an opportunity? (6) |
| OPENING | Starting with an opportunity? |
| MISSOUT | Young lady dismissed to lose an opportunity (4,3) |
| MISSTHEBUS | Girl, Beth, prepared us to lose an opportunity (4,3,3) |
| REIGN | Grannie managed to lose an amount of time when a certain king ruled (5) |
| EMISSARY | Bad year in which to lose an agent (8) |
| SHAG | Kind of rug that's bad to lose an earring in |
| AUTOPILOT | Acting thoughtlessly causes author to lose an hour, in short, before writing first episode |
| MOCCASIN | Maiden happening to lose an old shoe (8) |
| MISS | 19 & 6Dn. Lose an opportunity (4,3,4) |
| MISCHANCE | Lose an opportunity, say, through bad luck (9) |
| BUS | Lose an opportunity when you miss this (3) |
| THEBOAT | Lose an opportunity (4,3,4) |
| ISLANDHOPPING | Yachter's itinerary, maybe ... or a hint to understanding the answers to the starred clues |
| ABOVEWATER | Out of financial difficulty like a successful yachter? (5,5) |
| FRUITFLY | Old pears, say, might feed this fitful yachter on vacation at sea |
| ASHY | To some extent, brash yachter is pale (4) |
