| ASEXUAL | Adjective meaning not reproducing with male and female gametes (7) |
| IMBIBES | Solomon goes with male and female workers, half-heartedly getting drinks |
| STERILE | Not reproducing various rites written by the French (7) |
| HERMAPHRODITES | Creatures that produce both male and female gametes, such as snails (14) |
| MAGNIFIERS | They can show a lot of details in images for reproducing with nothing left out (10) |
| ZIMBABWE | Shortly go with male and attract-ive girl to house with land (8) |
| BRAVURA | Adjective meaning 'performed with dash and daring' (7) |
| PAINTED | Adjective meaning emulsioned or glossed; ornamented with coloured figures; marked with bright colours; tattooed; wearing make-up; or, cosmetic, feigned or superficial (7) |
| ENDEMIC | Adjective meaning prevalent in area or community (7) |
| ANTONYM | Word of opposite meaning -- not many for changing (7) |
| PURPORT | Meaning not to finish perfect wine |
| SORORAL | Adjective meaning sisterly |
| UNIQUER | Adjective meaning more unparalleled |
| ISOGAMY | Reproductive fusion of similar gametes, as in some algae and fungi (7) |
| ZYGOTES | Of the product of the union of two gametes (7) |
| ZYGOTIC | Of the product of the union of two gametes (7) |
| MEIOSIS | Division of diploid cells to form gametes which are haploid (7) |
| OVA | Female gametes found in cardiovascular irregularity (3) |
| EGGCELLS | Female gametes - ova (3,5) |
| NELLY | Paired with "duff", rhyming slang for "puff", hence "breath of life" and association with an expression meaning "not on your life"; or, with "wet", Liverpudlian bread pudding (5) |
