| INTHEMIDSTOF | (and 13,20) "O Fate!", I lament, "Withered and finished unpredictably!" (2,3,5,2) |
| CLOTHO | Meeting one's fate in Switzerland? O, fate! (6) |
| LOTION | That's fate! I get on with cosmetic production (6) |
| FORTUNATE | Lucky yet strange turn o' fate (9) |
| PRECARIOUSLY | Unpredictably but properly entertaining start to rowboat race at sea (12) |
| ANYBODYSGAME | So began my day, unpredictably: it's a toss-up (8,4) |
| SERE | Dry and withered and with lesser energy |
| FIRE | Tulip ___ is a fungal disease (Botrytis tulipae) which produces brown spots and twisted, withered and distorted leaves (4) |
| EXISTENTIALISM | Philosophy of life - old ones and I lament its twists (14) |
| DRIED | Withered and perished about end of year (5) |
| DERISORY | Osier: dry, withered and pathetic |
| MENTAL | Somehow I lament anything to do with the mind (6) |
| KISMET | Kit's with me! I'd call that fate! (6) |
| FEAT | Accomplished and in a way, that's fate! (4) |
| OHIOAN | Alas, I lament losing leader of a US state (6) |
| ALAS | 'O miserable Fate!' |
| AILMENT | Complaint as I lament article being misplaced |
| NAOMI | Miss, possibly, I lament on reflection |
| ALIMENT | With sustenance I lament (7) |
| LIAISON | Bond of union ___ at the outset, Androcles is demonstrating alternative fate! (7) |
