| DISPATCHRIDER | Don't kill the messenger? He looks as if he will! (8,5) |
| TAPDANCED | Performed like Gus in the "Psych" episode "Feet Don't Kill Me Now" |
| MOCKINGBIRD | Avian mimic (don't kill it!) (11) |
| SPARE | Don't kill when angry (5) |
| ASKMERCY | Question for Grace ? please don't kill me? (3,5) |
| RUNNERBEAN | The Messenger and Beano, for the most part, is a little green in the development stage and requires support (6,4) |
| FRONTRUNNERS | One of The Baskervilles admits reading The Messenger at school ahead of The Field (5,7) |
| ARC | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ___ |
| HERALD | The messenger heard wrong about the money (6) |
| HERMES | Name the messenger of the gods (6) |
| ESSEN | The messenger reveals the German city (5) |
| LEGATE | The messenger left a note at the entrance |
| PAGE | The Messenger? That's one for the books! (4) |
| PAGER | Part of the book has writing that draws attention to The Messenger (5) |
| ERRANDBOY | Frau's partner and worker both lose the head with young man from The Messenger (6,3) |
| IRISH | In mythology, The Messenger, Hacketstown Leader and The Clare People (5) |
| PIGEON | Opine all over the place about Government in The Messenger (6) |
| HEISMARRIED | In 2.5, a messenger brings news to Cleopatra, who is anticipating news from Rome about Antony. What does the messenger say about Antony that appalls her? |
| UPSET | "I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter / I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I ___ her..." - Neil Young, "Mr. Soul" |
| HERODTHEGREAT | King of Judea who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents so as to kill the infant Jesus (5,3,5) |