| DEADLYNIGHTSHADE | Sadly, Hyades' daughters repeatedly align with the potential killer (6,10) |
| DAPPLED | Spotty daughter repeatedly needing to eat fruit |
| PISTOL | In a plot that's convoluted, is the potential killer (6) |
| PLEIADES | In Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione; sisters of the Hyades (8) |
| TAURUS | Constellation that includes the Pleiades and the Hyades (6) |
| STAG | The potential killers retreat from the animal (4) |
| EVENS | Betting odds with the potential to win the same as the amount gambled (5) |
| CANDIDATE | Frank had meal with the potential member (9) |
| SEEDSMAN | Salesperson carrying products with the potential for growth (8) |
| GETTHEETOANUNNERY | Cruel rebuff to one with the potential to become sisterly? |
| MOTORISE | Some trio with the potential to give engine power to it (8) |
| AVALANCHES | Snowdrops may fall suddenly, with the potential for disaster (10) |
| SHEEHAN | Dan - - - , Leinster and Ireland hooker with the potential to be world-class, says Keith Wood (7) |
| ORIENTATE | Align with reference to the points of the compass (9) |
| NEEDLE | Any one of various sharps with which to administer IV therapy, align with Earth's magnetic field, darn, embroider, etch, knit, phlebotomise, play a record, puncture acupoints, suture, tattoo or vaccin |
| ORIENT | Align with reference to compass points (6) |
| SNAP | Of a graphical element, to automatically align with a grid (computing) |
| SLANGDICTIONARY | Where informal expressions found to align with Syrian code, oddly translated (5,10) |
| LACTATING | Making milk desperately to align with tact (9) |
| SIDE | Align (with) |
