| EMISSARY | A messenger or agent (8) |
| DISPATCH | Dismissal; a sending away in haste; promptitude generally; the posting of mail or sending of a messenger; or, a military/journalistic report (8) |
| ERRAND | Job for a messenger or a clever darner |
| ENVOY | A messenger or representative (5) |
| LADYBIRD | One of a loveliness of scarlet- or cochineal-red beetles with black spots, named for a revered title of the Virgin Mary, for it is considered a blessed messenger or gift sent to protect gardens and fa |
| REMEDIES | Drugs or agents that cure a disease or control its symptoms (8) |
| SALESMAN | Representative or agent |
| COURTIER | Did a messenger have time to be a royal companion? (8) |
| RUNNER | A fugitive, messenger or smuggler; a narrow carpet/rug; a jogger; a skate blade; a drawer slide; or, a stolon (6) |
| MARATHON | Scene of 450 BC battle, after which a messenger ran to Athens with news of victory (8) |
| SENDSFOR | Summons as a messenger: 2 wds. |
| CARRIER | A homing pigeon; a messenger; a passenger aircraft; a tranter; a vector; or, a basket, hauler, shopping bag, or other conveyor or holder (7) |
| HERALD | An announcer, courier, crier, harbinger, indicator, messenger or a portent of luck, whether a newspaper, officer of arms, pursuivant or a red-breasted merganser duck (6) |
| REMEDY | A drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms (6) |
| DOSE | A specific quantity of a therapeutic drug or agent (4) |
| DOSES | Specific quantities of a therapeutic drug or agent (5) |
| TRANSFERPAYMENT | Subsidy, say, or agent's fee to recruit left-winger? (8,7) |
| SECRET | Word that can precede "admirer" or "agent" |
| INVESTIGATOR | Sleuth or agent visit upset |
| PAINKILLER | Analgesic drug or agent (10) |
