| CANETOAD | Intoxicated when clutching to a poisonous beast |
| RATTLESNAKE | Conductor with wind is a poisonous beast! (11) |
| EARRING | Being mistaken when clutching a piece of jewellery |
| SHELLEY | Poet is coy when clutching fashion magazine (7) |
| ANTOINETTE | Girl clutching to individual, Marie (10) |
| OUTOFTUNE | One clutching to paper within universities, maladjusted? (3,2,4) |
| AGENDA | Corsica gendarme clutching to-do list |
| MEOW | Response to a poisonous remark about a third party, perhaps |
| ANTITOXIN | A blood protein formed in response to a poisonous substance introduced into the body (9) |
| HENBANE | How can a she-bird be an alternative to a poisonous plant? (7) |
| ARSENIC | Reactions, perhaps, to a poisonous substance (7) |
| TOXIC | Poisonous beast consumed by jerk |
| OZONE | From the Greek meaning "to smell", a poisonous allotrope of oxygen, once believed to have a tonic effect and exist in fresh seaside air (5) |
| ARROW | A "sagitta", such as that inflicting a poisonous wound said to be healed with the root or starch of "herbe aux fleches"; or, a sugarcane tassel (5) |
| BLOW | To be a woodwind player is a poisonous job (8) |
| UPAS | A tree native to Java, with a poisonous milky sap (4) |
| MERCURY | A poisonous element here? It's a small world! (7) |
| ACONITE | A poisonous plant, it comes in a regular shape |
| POINSETTIA | Resort petitions to keep down a poisonous bush |
| TRAPDOORSPIDER | Predators I prod to find a poisonous one (4-4,6) |
