| NUTANT | Fruit with a kernel pursued by an insect is drooping |
| NUT | Fruit with a kernel in a hard shell (3) |
| STAGNATE | Stand still - by the way, an insect is in extremely agreeable surrounding (8) |
| MANTIS | Miles in front of an insect is another |
| ABSENTEE | Posted in an insect - is that why he's missing? (8) |
| EAR | Spiraea flower turns up with a kernel (3) |
| REMEMBERTHEMAIZE | Historic cry with a kernel of truth to it? |
| ALMOND | Influenced by medieval Latin for "loveable", a kernel with an oval shape resembled by the brain's emotional processing centre, or "amygdala"; or, a creamy pale-brown or pistachio colour of such a rosa |
| SHELLAC | What varnish is made from a substance secreted by an insect? (7) |
| METAMORPHOSIS | The process of transformation, by an insect or amphibian, from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages |
| OPENALLHOURS | In which TV comedy series did Lynda Baron play a district nurse pursued by an amorous grocer? (4,3,5) |
| COCOON | What silky case is spun by an insect larva? (6) |
| FLYSPECK | Mark left on a surface by an insect (3-5) |
| ALADEROBEE | Terrible ordeal, bitten by an insect by stealth |
| MEANIE | One's being pursued by an extremely irascible skinflint (6) |
| ASIAN | Lawsuit regularly pursued by an inhabitant of Lahore, perhaps |
| PRESSMAN | Iron Maiden pursued by an employee of The Times? |
| NICARAGUAN | One from Central America rushin' up, pursued by an exotic bird (10) |
| AWOL | Being pursued by an MP, perhaps |
| TITAN | Small bird pursued by an enormous one (5) |
