| ANACE | ___ in the hole: asset |
| WAYDOWN | ___ In The Hole, Tom Waits song used as the title music for crime drama series The Wire (3,4) |
| ACE | ___ in the hole (resource held in reserve) |
| TOAD | ___-in-the-hole (British dish) |
| ACES | 51's ___ in the Hole & Razzie (Bad Movie awards) winner Burt Reynolds's Stroker ___ ('83). |
| GET | "___ in the hole!" |
| EGG | ___ in the basket aka toad in the hole |
| SAUSAGE | Also known as a banger or a chipolata, a food served in a full English breakfast or baked in batter for toad-in-the-hole (7) |
| MARKINGFOIL | It's used for filling in the hole in the hose (7,4) |
| PRESS | Kirk D. was a sleazy member of the _____ in Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole. |
| CUPS | In golf, the holes or metal containers in the holes on the greens (4) |
| LEEK | The meadow gets some potassium in the hole (4) |
| PUTTING | Placing the ball in the hole hopefully (7) |
| BATTER | Flour, egg and milk mixture used as the basis of Yorkshire puddings, pancakes, crepes, toad-in-the-hole and coating for fish fillets (6) |
| HOLEINONE | Golf: a shot from the tee that finishes in the hole (4,2,3) |
| FLAGSTICK | According to the USGA Rules of Golf, "a moveable straight indicator, with or without bunting or other material attached, centred in the hole to show its position" |
| PUTT | A golf stroke played on a green to get the ball in the hole (4) |
| PILOT | See, trapped in the hole, a man in uniform (5) |
| PERFORATION | Ace in the hole? |
| NINTH | Plugging Isopon in the hole, about halfway round (5) |
