| MANFRIDAY | Aid surprisingly enlisted by Cook on an island, or by a castaway |
| BARBECUE | Cook on an open fire (8) |
| HAZELNUT | Whether eaten by a dormouse, squirrel or woodpecker in the wild or by a human in chocolate spread or a gold foil-wrapped Ferrero praline ball, it is a cob, filbert or noisette (8) |
| DIVOT | Clump of lawn torn up by a pony's hoof during a game of polo or by a golf club during a stroke on a fairway (5) |
| GAMBLING | The betting or staking of something of value. The outcomes of this activity may be determined by chance alone or by physical skill, training, or prowess in athletic contests, or by a combination of st |
| RECITAL | The performance of a program of music by a solo instrumentalist or singer or by a small group (7) |
| SALUTE | A gesture of respect, homage or courteous recognition, especially made to or by a person when arriving or departing |
| MAIDISM | A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin). |
| THEOCRACY | Government by a deity or by a priesthood (9) |
| DEBUT | First appearance before the public by an actor or by a girl, in society |
| ROBINSONCRUSOE | A novel by Daniel Defoe about the adventures of a castaway on an island (8,6) |
| ISLANDHOP | ... by a castaway? |
| RAFT | Watercraft built by a castaway, maybe |
| HUT | Dwelling built by a castaway perhaps |
| INCH | Scottish word for an island or ynys; or, a unit of length, once equal to three barleycorns (4) |
| HOPS | Informal dances; jumps made on one foot or by a frog; or, short trips in chartered jets, seaplanes etc (4) |
| PROVOCATIONE | In a combatant's challenge or by a court appeal |
| IDEAS | Thoughts discussed in a brainstorming session or by a think tank (5) |
| AVI | Grandpa's or Grandpas (2nd decl. m.), for or by a bird (3rd f.) |
| PERIMETRIC | Of or by a boundary or outer edge (10) |
