| HIBERNATED | Bear in the wild died or was dormant (10) |
| HIBERNATE | Sleep for the winter like bear in the wild (9) |
| CRYINGGAME | Movie about Grace in gym? Or was that Graham? The ... (6,4) |
| EXHALATION | Collection of short stories by Ted Chiang that will make you sit in silence for several minutes and then go "Whoa" (or was that just me?) |
| KNEWBETTER | Became more friendly with, or was too sensible to (4,6) |
| GIVEALEGUP | Lend a hand or was that another body part? (4,1,3,2) |
| SLEPT | Fall finally appears in the ninth month that was dormant (5) |
| DROWNED | Died or killed by immersion in liquid (7) |
| RIPVANWINKLE | Rent vehicle plant that was dormant for a long period (3,3,6) |
| SPELT | Wheat was dormant, getting its contents back |
| ORACULAR | Predicting vampire hasn't died, or will come round (8) |
| DISAPPEARED | A paper's died or vanished, you might say (11) |
| PARTIED | Divorce, beheaded, died, or lived it up |
| RELAYED | Relative indeed died, or passed on |
| COLMAN | Olivia ___ The Favourite actress who voices the character of Mama Bear in the film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish |
| FAGRADALSFJALL | Icelandic volcano which was dormant for 6,000 years before erupting on March 19, 2021 |
| BRUIN | Name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox |
| ROSWELL | The place in New Mexico where the UFO crashed (or was it a weather balloon, or falling space junk or |
| OTTER | Pip or Pop, on Bear in the Big Blue House |
| OJO | Young bear on "Bear in the Big Blue House" |
