| WAGERS | Bets a week's pay about being right |
| ERR | It's a mistake to hesitate about being right |
| CRACKLE | Witch laughing about being right in the fire noise (7) |
| OWNING | Being yours, though still having to pay about a quarter (6) |
| BEAST | Elsewhere a bets a brutal person |
| CVS | Pharmacy chain that reached a tentative agreement to pay about $5 billion settling lawsuits over its role in the opioid epidemic |
| PALLY | Chummy has to pay about fifty smackers (5) |
| RELIGIOUS | Having faith in Reginald, promises to pay about £1! (9) |
| BLUFFS | Bets a lot, perhaps |
| WASTE | Refuse series of bets: a worry having arisen |
| GAMBLER | One who bets a sum of money (7) |
| RECOMPENSE | Pay's about to arrive, impressing writers (10) |
| WAGONETTE | Pay's about nil, clear of all charges, for carriage (9) |
| ASBESTOS | Bets a distress call signals dangerous stuff (8) |
| FLUTTER | An informal word for a modest bet; a toss of a coin; or, a movement of a flag or a bird/butterfly's wings (7) |
| ANGIE | SHE WAS A COSTELLO WHO MARRIED A WEEKS, MERGING TWO EARLY GH FAMILIES |
| ENDDATE | When a weeks-long project is scheduled to wrap up, say |
| PASSBY | Pay about the top of sixty-six billion, to go unnoticed (4,2) |
| CARRYONESBAT | After palaver, bets a rogue is to avoid dismissal (5,4,3) |
| CRYSTALPALACE | Criminal cartel pays about 100,000 Rupees for football team |
