| CANNELURE | Groove around a bullet |
| LIBERTINE | Rake groove around unruly tribe (9) |
| INTURN | Groove around in bar, one after the other (2,4) |
| ROUTS | Beats grooves around circle (5) |
| HIGHSPEED | A song by Coldplay; or, a general description of the rate of a bullet train or broadband over 10Mbps (4,5) |
| BARREL | A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired (6) |
| WOUND | A hurt caused by a laceration of body tissues produced by a bullet or other weapon (5) |
| RICOCHET | Action of a bullet rebounding from a surface, usually with a whining or zipping sound (8) |
| TRACER | A detector; one who makes copies by drawing over the lines of designs, maps or pictures visible through translucent paper; or, a bullet that leaves a detectable smoke trail (6) |
| ZIP | Imitative word for a ping, the whizz of a bullet flying through the air, or a toothed fastener; or, oomph or vigour (3) |
| CALIBRE | Size of a bullet or a barrel (7) |
| SLUG | A bullet or a garden pest? (4) |
| APING | Imitating a sound of a bullet (5) |
| SHOT | A picture of a bullet (4) |
| ROUNDANDROUND | Bit of a fight with a bullet doesn't seem to be getting anywhere (5,3,5) |
| ACE | Card that a poker player might call a "bullet" |
| SHOTINTHEARM | Stopped a bullet and got a boost (4,2,3,3) |
| SHOOT | Discharge a gun / kill or wound with a bullet |
| SLUGGISH | Slow like a snail, or fast like a bullet? (8) |
| EXITWOUND | Injury produced by a bullet leaving, having passed through a body (4,5) |
