| CARROTANDSTICK | Promised reward combined with a threatened penalty (6,3,5) |
| DREW | Obtained part of a promised reward (4) |
| SANCTION | Threatened penalty; official permission |
| DUN | Greyish brown; a horse with a coat of this colour, combined with a black mane and tail; an importunate debt collector; a hill-fort; or, a fishing fly resembling a subimago mayfly (3) |
| DASH | Smidgen of admixture such as soda in a drink; a sprint; a streak of colour; symbol combined with a dot in Morse code; or, ostentation (4) |
| CROSSBONES | A figure of two intersecting femurs, combined with a skull as a symbol of danger, death or piracy on a Jolly Roger, memento mori or poison bottle (10) |
| BUREAU | A chest of drawers often found in a bedroom, sometimes combined with a fold-down desk (6) |
| LURCHER | A cross-bred dog, e.g. a retriever or collie, combined with a greyhound (7) |
| TACAITAC | In fencing, a parry combined with a riposte (3-2-3) |
| TACAUTAC | In fencing, a parry combined with a riposte (3-2-3) |
| EXANTHEM | A skin eruption, especially combined with a fever (8) |
| SPOON | Utensil combined with a fork to make a spork |
| SOGO | Cheeky reply to a threatened walkout |
| EMPTY | Come up ___ (get no runs off a threatened rally) |
| SPIT | React like a threatened camel |
| INCHECK | Like a threatened king |
| SNARL | React like a threatened dog |
| HOOT | YA novel by Carl Hiaasen about a threatened owl habitat |
| HISS | Sound from a threatened cat |
| RONDO | Sometimes combined with a sonata form |
