| WHIN | Have success restraining horse in some furze |
| STAYER | Horse in some contest? Aye, regularly (6) |
| BOGGY | Young male restraining horse and describing marshy ground? (5) |
| WINDWARD | Some islands have success in fight - two died, scattered about |
| ACCOMPLISH | Have success in claim with chops being cooked (10) |
| ACHIEVE | Have success that's very short, being in pain |
| WHITE | You and I have success in shade (5) |
| LILYWHITE | You and I have success after girl becomes irreproachable (4-5) |
| OWENWINGRAVE | Full of energy, have success with serious opera |
| BACON | Have success, bring home the _ |
| WINNOW | Have success at present with fan (6) |
| ESSES | What you can't have success without? |
| UNTIE | Have success with a knot |
| UNWINDING | Peacekeepers have success against party sitting back (9) |
| COMEHITHER | Seductive, appear to have success with woman (4-6) |
| CATCHAFISH | Have success angling, and what this puzzle's theme answers do |
| GORSE | From "stand on end, bristle", "barley" and "hedgehog", the prickly evergreen furze or whin that, according to folklore, when in bloom with golden papilionaceous flowers, kissing is said to be in seaso |
| FURS | Furze can be said to have natural beauty |
| ZEBU | Ox found in furze bush (4) |
| WHIP | Dialect for gorse, hence found in the name of a bird that frequents said furze and is allied to the stonechat (4) |
