| APEXPREDATOR | Animal that isn't preyed upon, and a hint to the first four letters of 4-, 9- and 21-Down |
| DOWNWARDDOG | Yoga pose, or a hint to 4-, 9- and 21-Down |
| PUTALIDONIT | "Hush!" (and hint to how 4-, 9- and 21-Down are formed) |
| PRIEDIEU | A piece of furniture consisting of a low surface for kneeling upon and a narrow front surmounted by a rest, for use when praying (4-4) |
| LANDHO | Cry from a crow's nest, or a hint to the first 4-7 letters of each starred clue's answer |
| SHOOTINGSTAR | Meteor that might be wished upon ... and a literal hint to the asterisked clues' answers |
| BACKBOARD | Hoop holder, and a hint to the first four letters of each asterisked answer |
| USSR | Russia's precursor that anagrams to the first four letters of this hint: Abbr. |
| ELOI | Post-human race preyed upon by the Morlocks in the 1895 H. G. Wells novel The Time Machine (4) |
| BAYS | Large coves that anagram to the first four letters of "abyss" |
| BUCCANEER | A pirate, especially one who preyed on the Spanish colonies and shipping in the Caribbean in the 17th Century (9) |
| BOLT | Olympic champion sprinter - and an example of 4/9? (5,4) |
| USAIN | Olympic champion sprinter - and an example of 4/9? (5,4) |
| TETRALOGY | Changes greatly to a set of four (9) |
| RAISESHELL | How the devil reacts to being put upon and down? (6,4) |
| DRAGONFLY | Preyed on and eaten by a hobby mid flight, an insect with an iridescent body, known as a devil's darning needle (9) |
| RASP | File, grate upon & a berry! (4) |
| UNIFY | Make one third of 4, 9, 30, 50 and beyond (5) |
| PASTICCIO | Confusion over cricket officials before international, the second of four (9) |
| VICTIM | One boy on top of another, preyed upon (6) |
