| Clues | Answers |
| 21dn with high mortality | PLAGUE |
| A sharp pointed summit | PEAK |
| All the colours of the rainbow | SPECTRUM |
| Arboreal rodent | SQUIRREL |
| Container for salt | CELLAR |
| Delicately complex or understated | SUBTLE |
| Describes clothes that barely cover the body | SKIMPY |
| Desire, craving | APPETITE |
| Emblem of danger | REDFLAG |
| Energy released in nuclear fission | ATOMIC |
| Essential or compulsory | REQUIRED |
| Established religious ceremony | RITE |
| Give up work and go to bed | RETIRE |
| Government or church officer | MINISTER |
| Have an impact on | AFFECT |
| Involving many | MULTIPLE |
| Japanese art of folding paper | ORIGAMI |
| Lay hold of | TAKE |
| Older or higher in rank | SENIOR |
| Order to report for military duty | CALLUP |
| Persuade or incite | URGE |
| Piece of playground equipment | SEESAW |
| Postscripts, supplements | ADDENDA |
| Putting the foot down noisily, angrily | STAMPING |
| Received willingly | ACCEPTED |
| Refrained from doing something | DESISTED |
| Retired but retaining a former title as an honour | EMERITUS |
| Spear of frozen water | ICICLE |
| The act of trying hard | EFFORT |
| Travelled behind or ensued | FOLLOWED |
| Warned or made aware of | ALERTED |
| Widespread outbreak of disease | EPIDEMIC |