| ONDATRA | Pond a trapper is taking this musquash in |
| PERISH | The trapper is hoping to die inside! (6) |
| BEAVERRAT | Another name for the coypu or musquash (6,3) |
| MUSKRAT | Musquash (7) |
| LAKE | A giant pond; a pool of gravy, sauce or other liquid; a reddish pigment; or, a large surplus or surfeit of wine (4) |
| COLORADO | A shade over the pond, a complete state (8) |
| EFTS | Denizens of pond a foot short in two directions (4) |
| MASH | TV show that featured a Potter and a Trapper |
| HENRYFONDA | He won a Best Actor Oscar for On Golden Pond a year after he'd been awarded one for Lifetime Achieve |
| HAIKU | "An old silent pond / A frog jumps into the pond / Splash! Silence again," e.g. |
| WINDWARD | Taking this position invites a blow in the face (8) |
| VIAGRA | There might be a rise in those taking this drug |
| AGASSI | Across the Pond, a serviceman pinches backside of 24 player (6) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Something turned and swooped over the pond - a bird |
| AMERICAN | From across the pond, a chap touring Morecambe ... |
| GIRD | Fortify, across the pond, a private thoroughfare |
| RACCOON | Corona mixed with a bit of Cameron's: what a trapper might get (7) |
| TRAIL | But, if 24 is involved, a trapper I initially line out to follow it. (5,5) |
| PAPER | But, if 24 is involved, a trapper I initially line out to follow it. (5,5) |
| ANNETTE | Girl for a trapper, we hear (7) |
