| GUTTED | Only the man was attacked (6) |
| OPENINGNIGHT | Only the man upstairs was there for premiere of The Big Bang perhaps (7,5) |
| STARED | Looked at the animal the man was holding up (6) |
| TASSEL | The man was seated over by the tuft of threads (6) |
| MAILED | The man was sick of being posted! (6) |
| OKOPIS | At the weekend, an old age pensioner received a head injury in Sidmouth, when he was attacked by wild animals (6) |
| DINGLE | She was attacked in the Woolpack during a power cut in Emmerdale (7,6) |
| MERTON | Suzy _, events planner who was attacked by drug dealer Callum in the Dales (6) |
| AMELIA | Emmerdale lass whose stalker was attacked by her dad! (6) |
| WOMBAT | When Penny, a head nurse from Bampton, went to Western Australia, she was attacked by a small marsupial (6) |
| LIZZIE | She was attacked by creepy Eric Foster in Hollyoaks (6,4-8) |
| BROOME | This north-west Australian town, known for its pearl industry, was attacked by Japanese planes in 19 |
| ARAMCO | Saudi ___ a petroleum and gas company that was attacked on 14th September 2019 |
| HEWED | Cut with an axe as the man was married |
| AVERTED | State the man was turned away (7) |
| EGOTIST | A bighead lacking any aspiration, the man was duly rewarded with time |
| LINED | When fifty-one, the man was showing signs of old age (5) |
| PEKING | -- Man was an early type of man, Homo erectus, remains of which were found in a cave in China (6) |
| DOTTED | Early doter on man was spotty (6) |
| STOWED | Good man was in debt and got put away (6) |
