| EFFECTIVE | Producing a result |
| COCO | ___ de mer, a palm tree of the Seychelles, producing a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut (4) |
| DECISIVE | Producing a definite result (8) |
| ASTEROID | A hormone producing a heavenly body (8) |
| ACORN | A cereal producing a large seed (5) |
| CATHERINEWHEEL | Girl with a scoundrel producing a revolver |
| LAMP | A device for producing a steady light |
| CUTLASS | Ignore a girl producing a weapon (7) |
| HOMEOTIC | Relating to or being a gene producing a usually major shift in structural development |
| IMPULSE | In physics, a force producing a finite change of momentum, described in Newton's second law (7) |
| SIREN | Device producing a loud wailing sound as a signal (5) |
| PAGEANTRY | A long time in the larder producing a splendid display |
| ASSWEETASANUT | Sue's tan's a waste (anag), producing a common simile (2,5,2,1,3) |
| REFULGENT | Give more food to man lacking a little energy, producing a beam (9) |
| CLEAVAGE | Split producing a bit of a bust-up |
| CICADA | A large broad insect having membranous wings with the male producing a high pitched noise |
| STILETTO | Landed up involved in a fight for producing a weapon (8) |
| WRITINGPAPER | Producing a book on dissertation - it's bound to be picked up by a man of letters (7,5) |
| BUNSENBURNER | Item of laboratory equipment producing a hot blue flame, consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable valve (6,6) |
| MICHAEL | Actor producing a cliche in a state (7,5) |
