| IRONDOME | Israeli defense system that saves lives from rockets (4,4) |
| RNLI | Rescuing an average of 22 people per day, the abbreviated name of a charity that saves lives at sea (1,1,1,1) |
| POSITION | Medicine saves lives, reversing condition (8) |
| PLUTARCH | Greek biographer and philosopher, noted for his Parallel Lives, from which Shakespeare drew information for his plays |
| KRAVMAGA | Israeli self-defense system |
| SHORTCUT | Way that saves time for Bob, perhaps |
| TRACTIVE | Pulling barrow over river, discovered that saves time (8) |
| ART | It "lives from constraints and dies from freedom," per Leonardo da Vinci |
| EKES | Lives from hand-to-mouth (with "out") |
| DAYAN | Former Israeli defense minister Moshe |
| MOSHE | Former Israeli Defense Minister Dayan |
| ARENS | Former Israeli defense minister Moshe |
| EXISTENCES | With English explanation of Roman numeral, church finally saves lives (10) |
| BARBARISM | Savagery saves lives as missions start (9) |
| COASTGUARD | Maritime force which aids shipping, saves lives at sea and prevents smuggling (10) |
| RESIDES | Cycles holding back in queue ultimately saves lives? |
| TUNISIA | Swimmer saves lives on island in African country (7) |
| DISS | Police officer saves lives somewhere in Norfolk (4) |
| NOBRAINER | Aristocrat, one of April's eight, far from rocket science (2-7) |
| HYDRAZINE | Monster Zulu leader accepted energy from rocket fuel (9) |
