| CARTRIDGE | Cylindrical casing for small arms containing an explosive charge and a bullet or shot (9) |
| BLANK | Cartridge containing an explosive charge but no bullet (5) |
| HOLSTER | A sheath made for small arms could make her lots (7) |
| ITSONTHEHOUSE | "No charge," and a description of five places in this puzzle |
| YEAH | Come back with 'Hey!' and a bullet? Agreed (4) |
| BOMB | A hollow projectile containing an explosive or other destructive substance (4) |
| HIDDENFEES | Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| LETHARGIC | Heavy explosive charge lit (9) |
| MINELAYER | Warship that places explosive charges (9) |
| TORPEDOES | Stop! Ed is moving ore with some explosive charges (9) |
| PELLET | A little ball; a small rounded boss, mass or pill; a piece of shot or lightweight bullet; or, an owl's cast (6) |
| NUTSHELLS | Hard casings for edible seeds (9) |
| MINUTEGUN | Item of small arms as distress signal (6,3) |
| WOUND | A hurt caused by a laceration of body tissues produced by a bullet or other weapon (5) |
| TRACER | A bullet or shell made visible in flight by a trail of flames or smoke (6) |
| VOLLEY | From "to fly", a flight of arrows, bullets or other missiles; a flying shot in soccer or tennis; or, a salvo of barks, curses, questions, words or the like (6) |
| TRAIN | What is a line of gunpowder to an explosive charge? (5) |
| REFUSE | Decline to give engineers device for igniting an explosive charge (6) |
| CALIBRE | Size of a bullet or a barrel (7) |
| SLUG | A bullet or a garden pest? (4) |
