| COOKIES | MARLENA NEARLY DIED AFTER EATING THESE (DAYS) |
| SLUG | Sam Ballard, a player from Sydney, died after eating a ___ for a dare - it was infected with rat lungworm (4) |
| APPLES | Doctor absent all week eating these (6) |
| SUREFOOTED | Confident of fine meals, eating these on vacation (10) |
| APPLAUDED | Praised "Unfinished Fruit", then poet nearly died (9) |
| MAY | Month when the Dales" Sean Spencer nearly died (3) |
| DISABLED | Peckham resident hotelier nearly died in lift without power (8) |
| ANCIENTMARINER | Men certain rain will fall - one nearly died of thirst |
| NANOSECOND | Flash as article penetrated front of rocket - nearly died |
| TURPITUDE | Evil highwayman nearly died during short day (9) |
| HARRIED | Runner nearly died - and so did hound |
| ADDED | Extra snake nearly died (5) |
| SWEETS | Italy women's centre Beatrice Rigoni likes eating these on the pitch (6) |
| LEGSOFLAMB | Logs and flame create first braai, eating these in festive spirit (4,2,4) |
| TILTYARD | A jousting area, such as that where Henry VIII was thrown from his horse in 1536 and nearly died (4,4) |
| POSSESSION | DEVIL OF A STORY FOR MARLENA (DAYS) |
| HALL | CORRIDOR, OR DAYS'S DEIDRE (MARLENA) |
| EVANS | MARLENA WHO LIVES IN A TOWNHOUSE (DAYS) |
| MICROCHIP | HOPE, STEVE AND MARLENA EACH HAD ONE (DAYS) |
| DEE | DAYS'S Hall (Marlena), for short |
