| VERTEBRATE | Anyone with a backbone |
| PARKINGMETERS | By the way, for anyone with a couple of jaguars, these will need feeding? (7,6) |
| ECKO | Clothing store giving 20% off for life to anyone with a tattoo of one of its logos |
| SCINTILLA | "Anyone with a ____ of strategic insight -understands that [...] Britain must urgently raise its defence spending" (The Times, 14 April 2026) (9) |
| SPINATE | With a backbone |
| CHORDATE | Animal with a backbone |
| RACHIS | Whether referring to a backbone, a blade of grass, a feather shaft, a floral stem or the axis of a compound leaf, Greek "spine" is the unifying term (6) |
| HEIFERSAPPARENT | Observation about a dairy farm, to anyone with eyes? |
| PETROLPUMP | Americans would consider this gas on a bike? Anyone with electric wheels locally would be looking for an alternative! (6,4) |
| ITCHYFEET | Anyone with them has a strong impulse to travel |
| UNIX | Viewable by anyone with zip software |
| ANODYNE | Painkiller troubles anyone with disease at first (7) |
| WHOSOEVER | Anyone with overshoe needing repair (9) |
| CONANDOYLE | Edinburgh doctor treated anyone with cold (5,5) |
| TAXPAYER | Anyone with an income, fiscally (8) |
| NOHOPER | Anything or anyone with absolutely nil chance of success (2-5) |
| FASCIST | Anyone with extreme right-wing, nationalistic, etc views or methods (7) |
| PRIZEBULL | Pulitzer for Wall Street optimist - the best for anyone with stock issues (5,4) |
| NERF | Kind of ball it's hard to hurt anyone with |
| ASYOUWERE | Countermand from Caesar's unit - anyone with plough (2,3,4) |
