| ARSENICAL | One caught amongst weapons such as a form of 9 |
| VICARIOUS | Experienced remotely, as one caught amongst several (9) |
| BENCH | Seat such as a form, pew or settle; or, a type of stage for holding potted plants in a greenhouse, orangery or garden room (5) |
| ANNIE | Musical shot with a form of 9 by tree and field (5,6) |
| DERMATITIS | Matted iris is a form of 9 across! (10) |
| ATOMBOMBS | A mob's upset about grave weapons such as these (4,5) |
| SCABBARDS | Holders for bladed weapons such as swords or bayonets (9) |
| ENGINEER | Originally a builder of fortifications, siege artillery and mechanical weapons such as trebuchets, later a designer/maker of machinery or structures such as bridges or roads (8) |
| SCABBARD | Sheath for a bladed weapon such as a sword or bayonet, traditionally suspended from a shoulder belt called a baldric (8) |
| ENGINE | From the Latin meaning "talent, device", a word for cunning or genius; a weapon such as a ballista, battering ram or scorpion; or, a car's motor (6) |
| MINE | A weapon such as a Bouncing Betty or Blue Parrot (4-9,4) |
| ANTIPERSONNEL | A weapon such as a Bouncing Betty or Blue Parrot (4-9,4) |
| FIREARM | A portable weapon such as a gun or pistol (7) |
| SIDEARM | Weapon such as a pistol or a sword (7) |
| SPEAR | Weapon such as a yori |
| SWORD | Weapon, such as Excalibur, consisting of a blade and a hilt |
| TSUBA | Sword guard on Japanese weapons such as the katana, typically made of iron and highly ornamented (5) |
| ICBM | Abbreviated, a weapon such as the Peacekeeper |
| HOWITZER | Shorter artillery weapon such as the German Big Bertha of WWI (8) |
| SWORDDANCE | Scottish traditional entertainment which in the past involved weapons such as the Lochaber axe (5,5) |
