| FRIGHT | I got one because it was loud, OK! (6) |
| BLAST | Swear it was loud sound coming from horn (5) |
| REDAPPLE | The Granny Smith isn't one because it's green: 2 wds. |
| NOISINESS | Curiosity about one because of the constant racket ... (9) |
| DRAWDOWN | In lowball, discard, for example, the king and the 8, taking two cards instead of one, because you t |
| BLARED | Was loud |
| SNORED | Was loud in bed |
| COBALT | This metal was named by miners using the German word for 'goblin', because it was poisonous and degraded other elements such as nickel (6) |
| VERONA | It became a Roman colony in 89 BCE and rose in importance because it was at the junction of main roads between Italy and northern Europe. The poet Catullus was born there. In Romeo and Juliet (act 1, |
| WATERY | Ray wet because it was soggy (6) |
| RADIUM | Element named so because it was intensely radioactive (6) |
| NEEDED | Reportedly worked with the fingers because it was necessary (6) |
| POKING | Prodding because it was sticking out (6) |
| SPICED | Ran around, I see, because it was full of cayenne pepper etc |
| PETREL | Storm ___ , seabird so named because it was thought to be a harbinger of rough weather (6) |
| BORING | Like the unsatisfied tailor in the 7D clue, the carpenter refused to drill holes because it was ___ |
| BESTED | Got more than better with belittled editor to have got one over on? (6) |
| SENSES | "And I've got one, two, three, four, five _ _ _ _ _ _ working overtime", XTC (6) |
| HUNTED | Searched for hotel team hasnt got one (6) |
| ADDICT | Something's got one hooked (6) |
