| AIRHORN | A prankster's tool to elicit a scream |
| WATERBALLOON | A prankster's tool to make a splash |
| EARTHWORMS | A prankster's tools to make you squirm |
| FIRECRACKERS | A prankster's tools to get an explosive reaction |
| ELEMENT | With 62-Across, a key component of any good prank, and a hint to the beginnings of the prankster's tools herein |
| CHEESE | It's said to elicit a smile from one about to be shot (6) |
| CITAL | Summons to appear, say, in order to elicit a legal response (5) |
| DROLL | Like some humor that's more likely to elicit a chuckle than a guffaw |
| BORING | Likely to elicit a nod? |
| VACCINE | Jab intended to elicit a response |
| ASMR | Audio genre intended to elicit a tingling sensation, for short |
| FORAY | Push to elicit a positive response (5) |
| TARTEST | Most likely to elicit a pucker |
| TEASER | A prankster, ribber, tantaliser or taunter; a brain-twister, mind-bender, poser, puzzle or other riddle; a jaeger; a cryptic advertisement designed to entice or titillate; or, a wool-comber (6) |
| ROGUE | Word for a vagrant; a scoundrel; a prankster or scamp; a savage solitary elephant; or, a variation from type (5) |
| APRI | Big day in a prankster's yr. |
| ILLATEASE | A prankster's sick initially, being nervous (3,2,4) |
| GINGER | With knockdown, a prankster's game |
| WHIMSY | *On a prankster's face? |
| TACK | What a prankster puts on a chair |
