| BIGSTICK | Force, or the threat of it (3,5) |
| STRONGARM | Using force or (the threat of) violence |
| EVILEYE | A curse or malevolent force, or the amulet supposed to protect against it |
| USE | Word before "force" or "the Force" |
| COERCION | The act of persuasion with the threat of force (8) |
| GUNPOINT | At ---, being under or using the threat of being shot (8) |
| OVERCAST | gray with the threat of rain |
| SINISTER | Left with the threat of evil |
| RATTLING | This only bears out what sounds like the threat of aggressive action. (5,8) |
| PERDITION | The threat of eternal damnation is ever-present in the Tom Hanks film, Road To .. |
| FEAR | Unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain. or harm (4) |
| NEXTWEEK | End of the threat |
| DANGERMAN | The threat of bad anger management (6,3) |
| BLACKMAIL | Thunderous-looking Irishman upset at the threat of a soaking (9) |
| CAUSEFORALARM | The threat of burglary? |
| SABRE | This only bears out what sounds like the threat of aggressive action. (5,8) |
| TURNOFFTHE | And 26 The threat of fun spoiled seasonal order. (4,3,3,4) |
| ASSAULTANDBATTERY | In law, the threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack |
| ASHTREES | Woody plants known by their binomial name Fraxinus excelsior, currently under threat of the Chalara fraxinea disease in the UK (3,5) |
| CHOPPING | Ban put on exchanging threat of extermination (8,5) |
