| WATCHONESBACK | Be alert! The first hunter possibly has returned? |
| WATCHOUT | Be alert! (5,3) |
| EROS | Sore because the little lover-boy has returned? (4) |
| SCOURER | Fast horse - second, moving to first - hunter, perhaps |
| TRAGIC | Sad tidings to start with: Corona, possibly, has returned (6) |
| EVENT | It's all happening! The First Lady has gone to the Territory |
| DOGWATCH | Plague hunter possibly gets two-hour shift (3,5) |
| WATCHDOG | Monitor hunter, possibly with hound |
| SON | Oh boy!: The first letter of our three fall months, written in order, spell this word |
| KEEPANEYEOPEN | Be alert, be on the lookout (4,2,3,4) |
| SPORTSMAN | Yacht race captain possibly has the first of some drinks with crew (9) |
| EAR | Have an _ to the ground: be alert to rumours or trends? |
| EARTO | Keep an ___ the ground (be alert to what's new): 2 wds. |
| ATTENTIVE | In big top, say, one has to be alert (9) |
| KEEPANEYEOUT | "Stay alert!," or a phonetic hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| SIGNAL | Write the name "Alert!" That's the cue (6) |
| BUTTERFLYSTROKE | Skipper possibly has a fit style of getting through the water (9,6) |
| DIRECTION | North possibly has a way of speaking about first of ruffs by East |
| TWEED | Tanker first to appear beside dock possibly has stuff that might make 2 (5) |
| MANIA | Craze to which the airman possibly has no right! |
