| ADDER | Puff ___ (snake that inflates its body when threatened) |
| PUFFADDER | Snake that inflates its upper body when under threat (4,5) |
| DAMSELFLY | Slender insect of the suborder Zygoptera that folds its wings over its body when at rest (9) |
| ADDERS | Puff ___; snakes full of venom |
| PUFFER | Fish that inflates when threatened, a delicacy but some parts poisonous (6) |
| SKUNKP | Mammals that can spray a foul liquid when threatened |
| SKUNKS | Mammals that can spray a foul liquid when threatened |
| ARMADILLO | Creature that rolls into a ball when threatened |
| STINKBUG | Insect that emits a foul smell when threatened: 2 wds. |
| EGOTRIP | Action that inflates one's self-importance (3,4) |
| AIRBAG | Car safety device that inflates (3,3) |
| SYZYGY | Either of the two positions of a celestial body when sun, earth and the body lie in a straight line |
| GRAVITATE | Pull towards a body when Vi a target, maybe |
| BOYFRIEND | Finer body when retrained becomes steady (9) |
| MOBYDICK | Michael hides body when recreating novel (4-4) |
| DROPBY | Casually visit PR body when reconstituted (4,2) |
| NUMB | Describing a part of the body when in an anaesthetised state (4) |
| ASHES | Remains of human body when burnt, (5) |
| BACKWARDS | A porcupine cannot shoot out its quills, when threatened it will ram the attacker, running into it ___ |
| UMBRELLAS | They get held up when threatened by that shower of mares, bull running wild (9) |
