| DEMONIC | No medic individuals are so devilish |
| SATANIC | Preens at a nice setting for being so devilish (7) |
| NOOSE | Snare, one so devilish (5) |
| ATHLETIC | To no end, ethical individuals are fit |
| HILLS | Word for the mamelons, monadnocks, monticules, mounds or mounts to which flocks of lekking ruffs are likened and individuals are said to be "over" when put out to grass (5) |
| MUG | Police photographs of arrested individuals are nicknamed ___ shots. (3) |
| HONEST | Those top notch individuals are trustworthy |
| THIEVES | These six (or four) individuals are robbers |
| HOLIEST | Hostile individuals are the most sacred |
| BLOCKS | Thick wooden chopping-boards upon which individuals are said to figuratively place their heads or necks when risking their reputations etc (6) |
| BARRELS | Casks over which helpless individuals are said to be held, as per a phrase that alludes to the image of nearly drowned people, face down over kegs, being drained of seawater (7) |
| PILLARS | Columns from which individuals are figuratively shunted to posts, when being sent hither and thither (7) |
| CHEEKS | Sides of faces individuals are said to turn when refusing to retaliate to metaphorical slaps (6) |
| FUNICULAR | Some railways are so enjoyable - no region in particular |
| URBANE | You are so deadly yet appearing so smoothly polite (6) |
| ATHALFMAST | No cause for rejoicing when standards are so low |
| ROUTS | When tours are so arranged, disorderly flights are inevitable (5) |
| WILDFOWL | No tame birds are so game! (4-4) |
| SOLID | No hollow idols are so disposed (5) |
| ROSES | "Jean, Jean, ... are red; All of the leaves have gone green; And the clouds are so low; You can touc |