| LONGSHOTS | Wishes, in short, initially faint hopes |
| OUTSIDECHANCE | Faint hope (7,6) |
| MOBILEHOMES | Place in Alabama in short initially has prefabricated structures (6,5) |
| TUNIS | Chiton cut short initially in North Africa (5) |
| STUBBY | Short and thick, short initially and fat (6) |
| ESP | Insight that is especially short initially (3) |
| CHINESEWHISPERS | Party game enciphers wishes in a funny way |
| GENIE | Fulfiller of three wishes, in folklore |
| ONCE | When to articulate wishes in some parts? |
| EXECUTOR | One who carries out the wishes in a will (8) |
| CUFFS | Sleeve ends cut short initially - fire fumbling sewer (5) |
| SELFLESSNESS | The giving up of one's own interests or wishes in order to help others |
| ERAT | "Hoc ___ in votis" ("This was among my wishes"): Horace |
| SWEDISH | In which Dag received 500 wishes |
| FAREWELL | Good wishes on parting were spoilt in fall-out (8) |
| FALLINLOVE | Meet one's match in the middle of Bostonian autumn with best wishes (4,2,4) |
| JIMMYCARTER | President who probably wishes he never said, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times": 2 wds |
| COMPLY | Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands or wishes (6) |
| SLEEPTIGHT | General point in what's seen as 'Best wishes on your retirement' (5,5) |
| ASLUCKWOULD | Fortuitously, in accordance with so-called lady's wishes (2,4,5,4,2) |
