| LEAFSTALK | Natural growth of "He shoots! He misses" (9) |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Author ___ Shoot! He cut novel back during little break (8,7) |
| ARROW | It's a right line one possibly shoots! (5) |
| GREENHORN | A person with no experience of environment-friendly natural growth (9) |
| HOLEINONE | Happy Gilmore feat celebrated with the line "He shoots, he scores!" |
| BIATHLETE | He runs, then he shoots |
| ACCRETION | An increase by natural growth or addition; addition (9) |
| CAMERAMAN | He shoots people for a living |
| PLANETREE | Natural growth makes earth, for example, nearly reel (5,4) |
| TEREBINTH | One cap lifted, last in series, creating natural growth |
| TAKEAFTER | Inherit the characteristics of: he may - his father (4,5) |
| AIRBUD | 1997 movie with the tagline "He Sits. He Stays. He Shoots. He Scores" |
| JOE | He misses part of the joke (3) |
| WELLS | Born in the later part of the Victoria era, he was one of he earliest writers of science fiction. He is best known for The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. |
| BESSIESMITH | Blues singer, he misses bit, unfortunately (6,5) |
| TRUMP | President expressing disappointment with Elon Musk and suggesting he misses being in the White House.(Last Name) (5) |
| SCORES | He shoots, he ___!, saying (6) |
| INORGANIC | Not arising by natural growth (9) |
| ACCRUAL | Something that comes as a result of natural growth (7) |
| BEEHIVE | It swarms with industry: heaps of natural growth |
