| MEETSUP | Comes across by chance, or as planned (5,2) |
| ENCOUNTERS | Comes ACROSS by chance |
| LITON | Came across by chance |
| THERMAL | Hot air put across by father maliciously |
| RANINTO | Came across by accident (3,4) |
| MEETS | Comes together by chance or arrangement |
| LOTS | Straws or slips of paper used in determining questions by chance; or, items offered for sale at auction |
| ENCROACH | Intrude by chance or mistake |
| PICKEDUP | Acquired by chance or casually (6,2) |
| MET | Encountered by chance or arrangement (3) |
| ACCIDENTAL | Occurring by chance or unexpectedly (10) |
| SQUEAK | A sound of a mouse or a pan of bubbling, frying colcannon; a rat or snitch; a pipe or whine; a single remark; a narrow escape; a jot; a bare chance; or, a feeble paper/local rag (6) |
| LUCK | Chance or destiny whose "good" form is said to be incited by a four-leaf clover, rabbit's foot or horseshoe (4) |
| CONTRATENOR | One name for a singer such as Michael Chance or Andreas Scholl |
| NOHOPERS | Mobile phones or things without any chance or success |
| OUTOFIT | Not having a chance; or, high on drugs or alcohol (3,2,2) |
| EVENODDS | A 50/50 chance ... or a description of the lengths of this puzzle's Across and Down answers, respectively |
| LEAP | A jump, such as that figuratively made in the dark when taking a chance; or, a group of leopards (4) |
| NOTA | Chance or prayer preceder |
| SPECULATOR | Does he take a chance, or just think about it? (10) |
