| HARDBODY | Colloquially, a person with highly toned or developed muscles |
| PUG | Person or pet with well-developed muscles |
| EDUCED | Evolved or developed, especially from a latent or potential state (6) |
| BUFF | Expert with attractively well-developed muscles (4) |
| SNUG | Comfortable with well-developed muscles showing up |
| BRAWN | Well-developed muscles of meat pressed into a mould |
| SONGBIRD | A passerine bird with highly developed vocal organs and, in most, a musical call (8) |
| RIPELY | With mature or developed appearance. |
| ESTATES | Sizable pieces of rural or developed land complete with large houses |
| TRENDED | Changed or developed in a general direction (7) |
| NICK | Colloquially, a prison or police station (4) |
| NASCARDAD | Colloquially, a working- or lower-middle-class white North American |
| EMCEE | Colloquially, a master of ceremonies or compere |
| FACER | Colloquially, a sudden difficulty or obstacle |
| SINKESTATE | Colloquially, a residential area with social problems such as crime |
| HOWCOME | Colloquially a question of method or surprise? (3,4) |
| SLUG | Lump of crude ore or, colloquially, a bullet |
| DELTOIDS | Old diets developed muscles (8) |
| TONED | Having firm and well-developed muscles |
| DIAPHRAGMS | Graham and Sidney gently developed muscles (10) |
