| KNIFEEDGES | Fail to rise after consuming meal, say, setting up crucial situations |
| RAUNCHY | Erotic fish consuming meal topless (7) |
| SULPHURICACID | Dish up crucial mixture of dangerous liquid |
| EPONYM | Hoover, say, setting me back about £25 |
| MONOTREME | Platypus, say, setting off metronome (9) |
| NEEDS | Requirements observed to rise after daughter takes up residence |
| GAZETTES | Newspapers look ready to rise after brief time (8) |
| KALMIA | Intend expanse of water to rise after clipping mountain laurel |
| RIOTERS | Just the ones to rise after the start of the rebellion (7) |
| APRICOT | Fruit to rise after a price cut |
| DUST | Survived to rise after remains of storm (4,5) |
| DEVIL | Survived to rise after remains of storm (4,5) |
| SITWELL | Poet to rise after rest |
| OVERSLEEP | Fail to rise to the occasion when one should? |
| GOBELLYUP | Fail to rise in corporation? On the contrary |
| OTTER | In 3.3, at the tavern, Falstaff accuses Mistress Quickly of pickpocketing his money. He says, "Setting thy womanhood aside, thou art a beast to say otherwise." Name the animal. |
| SUNCRISES | Crucial situations at a New York newspaper? |
| AMYLASE | What's in saliva to break up meal, say (7) |
| CRISES | High stress, crucial situations |
| REISSUE | Rise after stirring, and take to court new printing (7) |
