| BONED | Removed the skeleton |
| NAMIBIA | The home of the Skeleton Coast, country with the capital Windhoek that takes its name from the world's oldest desert (7) |
| SPINE | The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton (5) |
| BONE | One of the pieces forming the skeleton |
| OSTEOPATH | One who treats medical disorders through the manipulation and massage of the skeleton and musculature |
| BONES | The pieces of whitish tissue making up the skeleton (5) |
| RIBCAGE | Part of the skeleton that protects the heart |
| NOBODY | The reason, we hear, the skeleton was an unknown person in this movie (6) |
| COLLARBONE | Part of the skeleton also called the clavicle (6,4) |
| CARCASS | The skeleton of a tyre, often the last thing that's left if it blows! (7) |
| CHASSIS | The skeleton of a motor vehicle that holds the body and motor. (7) |
| CAKESANDALE | 1930 novel by British author Somerset Maugham subtitled or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (5,3,3) |
| CORAL | Marine invertebrate forming a reef; an orange-pink colour of the skeleton of said animal's precious red species or of the jewellery made from this; or, lobster/scallop roe, when cooked (5) |
| LAZYBONES | The idle one of the skeleton crew? (4-5) |
| OSTEOPATHY | System of healing based on the theory that some disorders can be treated by manipulation of the skeleton (10) |
| METATARSUS | The skeleton of the human foot consisting of five long bones |
| DRIL | Source of the tweet "if your grave doesnt say 'rest in peace' on it you are automatically drafted into the skeleton war" |
| OSTEOPATHIC | Relating to the manipulation of the skeleton and muscles (11) |
| SKULL | It's the skeleton's body part that made everybody in the haunted house say that he was hardheaded |
| ETHIOPIA | Where the skeleton "Lucy" was found |
