| WARFARIN | Rodent-killer is fighting a battle, lost headgear! (8) |
| CAPINHAND | Being humble, turned up to return lost headgear (3,2,4) |
| ANACONDA | Killer is able to answer about old promise to keep silent |
| SHEEPDIP | Farmer's bug killer is shipped all over the place, including east (5-3) |
| OPERAHAT | So that's your game ... wearing old, jaunty headgear! (5,3) |
| CHAMPION | Splendid person, one fighting a cause (8) |
| DIETPILL | Something once pushed by Michelle Mone for those fighting a losing battle (4,4) |
| MILITANT | Fighting a political tendency (8) |
| WORLDWAR | This could mean fighting a lot of losing battles in large living space with crude set-up (5,3) |
| TOANDDIEINLA | 1985 thriller with the tagline "A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode." |
| NINJA | A masked killer is held within a prison in Jacksonville (5) |
| ARENA | Where there is fighting one might earn a variation on it (5) |
| DAMON | Actor Matt ___ is fighting to save a historic NY church (5) |
| WOMANISER | Lady-killer is more sensible when touring a Middle East country |
| DDT | A powerful bug killer is in the middle at last initially |
| ORCA | Killer is nonracial, which is oddly overlooked |
| DREADED | In the Sierra Madre a dedicated killer is greatly feared(7) |
| BLUEBEARD | A serial killer is trained to be durable |
| MONSTER | Tremendous battle, lost cause, never ends (7) |
| RATTLER | Snake left, having been bitten by rodent-killer |
