| TAILENDER | Rabbit hoping to avoid duck? (4-5) |
| DODGE | Avoid, duck out of the way of (5) |
| CAMERASHY | Hoping to avoid being shot? |
| EARLY | Hoping to avoid the rush, perhaps |
| DREAMGOWN | Brides-to-be are hoping to find it on TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress": 2 wds. |
| FREESTANDING | Liberal hoping to be elected to parliament as independent? |
| HEIR | One hoping to succeed in broadcast, so to speak |
| ASPIRIN | Mostly hoping to find an answer to pain? (7) |
| STANDING | Hoping to be elected to get kudos |
| GAMMASTUDPOKER | So Jimmy went to Vegas, hoping to win it all back in a ___ |
| AMBULANCECHASER | Such a lunatic about to pop through warning signal, one hoping to profit from accident (9,6) |
| IFILIVE | First three words of a hoping-to-berescued person's promise to his or herself... |
| UNDERSTUDY | Down to attend college, one's hoping to get on |
| CANDIDATE | One hoping to be chosen, is girl able to go out with boys? |
| PROSPECTOR | One paid policeman to drop in - he's hoping to strike it rich |
| GAMBLER | It's good to walk from the top of the racecourse with one hoping to win (7) |
| NORMALITY | A girl left it by the end, hoping to get back to business as usual (9) |
| ERICA | Heather lives on the outskirts of Catsgore, and I am hoping to arrange a visit to see her (5) |
| FINESSE | In card play, an attempt to take a trick with a possible rather than definite winner, hoping to gain an extra trick |
| SHOPPINGLISTS | Hoping to do the splits and point to things seen in the supermarket (8,5) |
