| ANTEBELLUM | A bullet men forged before the war |
| YANKEES | Carpetbaggers, before the war |
| HERR | What they called Hitler before the war (4) |
| ZIP | Imitative word for a ping, the whizz of a bullet flying through the air, or a toothed fastener; or, oomph or vigour (3) |
| HIGHSPEED | A song by Coldplay; or, a general description of the rate of a bullet train or broadband over 10Mbps (4,5) |
| TRACER | A detector; one who makes copies by drawing over the lines of designs, maps or pictures visible through translucent paper; or, a bullet that leaves a detectable smoke trail (6) |
| RICOCHET | The rebound of a bullet off a surface (8) |
| SLUG | A bullet may be a nuisance to the gardener (4) |
| BARREL | A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired (6) |
| WOUND | A hurt caused by a laceration of body tissues produced by a bullet or other weapon (5) |
| IMPACT | The hard-hitting effect of a bullet means a little rascal must behave (6) |
| MOSHE | Later known as Israel's defence minister, Captain ... Dayan was injured in the eye when a bullet fired by a Vichy soldier struck his binoculars in Beirut on June 8, 1941 |
| SLUGGISH | Lacking the energy of a bullet? (8) |
| ACE | Card that a poker player might call a "bullet" |
| SHOTINTHEARM | Stopped a bullet and got a boost (4,2,3,3) |
| SHOOT | Discharge a gun / kill or wound with a bullet |
| CALIBRE | Size of a bullet or a barrel (7) |
| APING | Imitating the sound of a bullet (5) |
| KABUL | Took a bullet inside war-torn city (5) |
| SHOT | A picture of a bullet (4) |
