| WRACKS | Collapses or destructions (as in "______ and ruins"). |
| SALVAGE | Act of saving property from damage or destruction as a ship or its cargo from perils of the sea |
| LYSES | The dissolutions or destructions of cells, such as blood cells or bacteria. |
| RACK | ___ and ruin |
| WRACK | ___ and ruin |
| OPERAHAT | A chapeau claque or gibus that dramatically collapses or springs flat so that a gent may discreetly store it under his auditorium/dress-circle seat (5,3) |
| FOLDS | Collapses or bends (5) |
| RUIN | Complete collapse or destruction (4) |
| SWOOPS | Descents, dives, plunges, pounces, snatches or sweeps of birds of prey on the wing; sudden onslaughts; or, "hell-kite" Macbeth's murderous fell acts of cruelty and total destruction, as lamented by Ma |
| UNDOES | Who tries to keep peace in the world and ruins everything (6) |
| WONDERSAT | Is amazed by which towers and ruins? (7,2) |
| HANDSOME | Beautiful homes - and ruins! |
| ERECTS | Sets up European and ruins broadcast (6) |
| RAGES | Is violent and ruins the gears |
| SACKS | Gets rid of one and ruins the city (5) |
| SMEARS | Spreads muck everywhere and ruins status primarily (6) |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction (as opposed to weapons of 'moss' destruction in a garden, ha ha!) (1,1,1) |
| RUINAE | Downfalls, destructions: exitia et, forte, pernicies |
| CHEWEDUP | Ground to destruction, as a dog toy |
| CREATEHAVOC | Cause great destruction, as a violent storm |
