| CUTTINGEDGETECHNOLOGY | "Never fear, I use only ___," said the surgeon |
| IDALUPINO | Who starred in the 1941 film The Sea Wolf and directed the 1951 film Never Fear? (3,6) |
| CLIMB | Complete these words by Sir Walter Raleigh (written in Queen Elizabeth I's presence), "Fain would I - yet fear I to fall" (5) |
| AIRRIFLE | Weapon I fear I left close to minor carelessly |
| MARGEGUNDERSON | Fargo character whose husband's duck design gets selected for use only on 3-cent stamps; she cheers him up by saying: "Whenever they raise the postage, people need the little stamps" |
| DEBUNKED | Like the "fact" that humans use only 10% of their brains |
| BADSCIENCE | The "fact" that humans use only 10% of our brains, e.g. |
| ALPHABET | This puzzle's nine longest answers use only the first half of it |
| NOTTO | "___ worry!" ("Never fear!"): 2 wds. |
| ATEA | "I just had _ ___." ...said the hot beverage enjoyer |
| ISI | "The 9th letter ___ '_'." ...said the Alphabet instructor |
| SEE | "I___," said the prophet, predictably |
| RASHDECISIONS | "Be warned, I may have to make some ___," said the dermatologist |
| LASERFOCUSED | "Don't worry, during your corrective procedure, I'll stay ___," said the ophthalmologist |
| FRIESIAN | Trembling in fear, I start to stalk bull (8) |
| TERROR | Fear I missed it. A mistake (6) |
| RIPOSTE | Gripped by fear, I posted reply |
| FAILURE | Regularly fear I invite disaster |
| RISER | In fear I seriously reveal part of step (5) |
| RIFLE | In fear I fled from firearm (5) |
