| DEADLIER | More likely to be lethal (8) |
| SLEEPIER | Fish taken back to jetty more likely to be a kipper? (8) |
| COMMONER | Subject without title is more likely to be seen (8) |
| NUNCHEON | Word whose etymology suggests it was a "noon-drink", but in today's sense it is more likely to be a light repast, lunch, piece of victuals eaten between meals or a snack (8) |
| CUDDLIER | More likely to be squeezed? |
| GRISLIER | More likely to be rated R |
| STILETTO | Lets it break to a point that could be lethal (8) |
| OILFIELD | In which there are more likely to be donkeys than horses grazing! (3-5) |
| THELEAST | The slightest of Banquo's wounds could be lethal to the environment (3,5,1,5,2,6) |
| TONATURE | The slightest of Banquo's wounds could be lethal to the environment (3,5,1,5,2,6) |
| SCORPION | Small firm working to absorb a measure of inflation which can be lethal |
| POPROCKS | Candy that, in urban legend, can be lethal when mixed with soda |
| FATAL | To be lethal is inevitable |
| TALLER | More likely to be able to dunk |
| SCORCHER | Entertainer under 20? Not quite - it's more likely to be 30 (8) |
| NOISIER | I snore, I could be more likely to be heard (7) |
| WISER | More likely to be fresh |
| GEEKIER | More likely to be an h4x0r |
| SHIER | More likely to be retiring |
| GORIER | More likely to be rated "R" |
