| ATALANTA | (Greek myth.) Swift-footed huntress who was unwilling to marry (8) |
| SATONTHEFENCE | Was unwilling to commit oneself (3,2,3,5) |
| HESITATED | Was unwilling to go outside, one man said (9) |
| REFUSED | Was unwilling to accept rubbish left by front of door |
| TIGHTLIPPED | Drunk featured was unwilling to communicate (5-6) |
| INDIANAN | Huntress coming into bar finds Hoosier (8) |
| CROSSBOW | Weapon of choice of Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Huntress (8) |
| WOULDNT | Was unwilling to be contracted (7) |
| ORCADIAN | Whale followed by huntress dropping back for islander |
| RADIANCE | Huntress mostly in race glowing |
| MERCURY | Swift-footed Roman messenger god whose name was given to the fastest planet in our solar system and the element "quicksilver" (7) |
| FLEET | Swift-footed, run away to Tunisian capital (5) |
| NIPPY | Word for brisk, nimble or quick, thus for a spry swift-footed waitress who served speedily in a Lyons tea shop (5) |
| OSTRICH | Name a large two-toed, swift-footed, flightless bird (7) |
| NILLED | Was unwilling, archaically |
| HARE | With leverets for young and known collectively as a husk, leap, trip and down, a swift-footed animal traditionally associated with March (4) |
| FLEETER | More swift-footed |
| SCUD | Word, from the name of a leporid's short tail, reflecting the sense "run like a rabbit, race like a hare", for a driving cloud, gust of wind, sudden shower, missile, slap or swift-footed sprinter; or, |
| ORION | Greek Myth: The huntress Artemis unintentionally slayed him |
| ATLANTA | Greek huntress abandons a city in America |
