| RISKASSESS | Evaluate the possible hazards or dangers in a product, situation or activity (4,6) |
| GUARDEDNESS | Wary character used dangers in a different way (11) |
| CRISIS | An unstable period, especially one of extreme trouble or danger in politics or economics (6) |
| BIRDSTRIKES | Possible hazards in low-altitude flight |
| PITFALLS | Traps or dangers for the unwary (8) |
| DRIFTWOOD | Possible hazard for small boats did for two, unfortunately |
| ROCKGARDEN | A hint of danger in a horticultural feature in Hatton? |
| BEERGARDEN | Endure terrible danger in a riotous assembly (4,6) |
| HINDERMOST | Hold far back back as the possible majority (10) |
| BEDOFROSES | Thorny situation, or a very comfortable one? (3,2,5) |
| MAIN | A word for strength; that which is essential; the principal/most part; the open sea; a large pipe or cable; a throw in hazard; or, a cockfighting match (4) |
| CHECK | From a chess term, a word for a sudden stop; or, a test to evaluate the standard of something (5) |
| ALLELE | One of the possible forms of a gene located in the same place on a chromosome |
| APPROACH | An avenue or drive; draw near to; a means of dealing with a job, problem or situation; or, the way in which an aircraft comes in to land (8) |
| YELLOWFLAGS | Iris-like flowers; or, signals warning of hazards or crashes in motor racing (6,5) |
| SANDTRAPS | Golf hazards, or what the letters between the circles have fallen into |
| BUNKER | Underground shelter; large chest or bin for storing coal; or, a sand hazard or trap on a golf course (6) |
| RATTRAP | A net/snare for catching long-tailed mouse-like murids; a place of squalor; a horribly entangling situation; or, a bike pedal with teeth or a cage (3,4) |
| WATCHYOURSTEP | "Tread carefully!" ... or a hint to four dangers in this puzzle |
| COLOSSAL | Huge damage found in a product of mine (8) |
