| RATTLE | How Crotalus horridus shows it feels threatened (6) |
| RATTLESNAKE | Venomous New World snake such as Crotalus horridus (11) |
| GATED | The sort of community that feels threatened by some rioting at Edinburgh (5) |
| PROTECT | Millipedes roll up into a ball to ___ their soft underparts when they feel threatened |
| SPIT | When petrels feel threatened they will ___ globs of regurgitated food and oil at their attacker which stinks |
| AGGRESSIVE | Vervets prefer to run away rather than fight but if they feel threatened they can become ___. |
| WINTRY | How it feels in December to triumph with effort (6) |
| SENSOR | It feels it almost makes sense to get the gold (6) |
| SANDAL | There's something afoot and little Sally shows it (6) |
| PROVES | Quietly wanders far and wide and shows it to be so (6) |
| BETRUE | Fatherly advice for confused brunette on how it feels (2,5,3,4,2,4) |
| CHORUS | "How does it feel ...," in Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" |
| ASIMOV | Whom Vonnegut asked "What does it feel like to know everything?" |
| REALISM | Fantastic serial on motorway - it shows it like it is |
| OBAMA | Michelle who said, "Success isn't about how your life looks to others. It's about how it feels to you" |
| SETDOWN | Put it in writing that it's hardened, though it feels soft |
| FITIN | Retain it if review shows it to be compatible |
| SPRINGBALANCE | In May, bank statement shows it to indicate heaviness (6,7) |
| SIDEWINDER | Common name for the horned rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) of North American deserts, noted for its S-shaped locomotion (10) |
| RATTLER | Common name for a venomous snake of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus (7) |
