| PTOMAINE | Poisoning the cat a tree had provided protection for (8) |
| GREAVE | Provided protection for some soldiers (6) |
| POLICED | Provided protection for |
| TIGEREYE | Look after the cat, a gem (5,3) |
| FISHWIFE | Torpedo we had provided for Spitfire (8) |
| DEFENDED | Although fed up, finished up having provided protection (8) |
| HUMIDIFY | Make damp smell I had provided before end of day (8) |
| SCRATCHY | Good name for a gray cat, a la "The Simpsons" |
| MADESURE | Checked that one had provided convincing proof |
| TOMAHAWK | Weapon for cat, a predator (8) |
| STROPHIC | "Killing cat", a disastrous sort of ode (8) |
| GANGLION | Go to Scotland, with cat a bundle of nerves (8) |
| LIFELINE | Left one cat a vital link |
| ACTSUP | Becomes touchy when one pours the cat a drink (4,2) |
| PUSHES | Shoves the cat (a male) into (6) |
| CHEETAH | The cat's a mean fiddler, I declare! (7) |
| SPINE | The Southern tree had a prickle (5) |
| HOGWASH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit (7) |
| HOGARTH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit |
| MOGGY | A pet form of "Margaret" that is given as a nickname to a cat, a cow, a ginger cake or a scarecrow (5) |
