| SWORDDANCE | Scottish traditional entertainment which in the past involved weapons such as the Lochaber axe (5,5) |
| TSUBA | Sword guard on Japanese weapons such as the katana, typically made of iron and highly ornamented (5) |
| CAVALRY | Name the units of an army which in the past were mounted on horseback (7) |
| SCIMITARS | Mat crisis involved weapons |
| HAGGIS | Scottish traditional offal dish (6) |
| CONCEPTION | Clubs in the past involved in top idea (10) |
| STILETTO | Disagreement about trial oddly involved weapon (8) |
| PATTERNS | Designs in the past involved a bird |
| AXETOGRIND | Colloquial phrase which in the US means 'having ulterior motive' and in Britain means 'having a reason to get involved'(3,2,5) |
| BARBERSHOP | From which, in the high street, there may be a song and dance? |
| SCRAPMETAL | Calmer past involved valuable rubbish (5,5) |
| ACHNACARRY | Old shilling and penny taken from cash and carry development in Lochaber hamlet (10) |
| BENRESIPOL | "Nobel prise" could be high point in Lochaber (3,7) |
| GLENFINNAN | Lochaber location where the 1745 Jacobite rising began (10) |
| HOWITZER | Shorter artillery weapon such as the German Big Bertha of WWI (8) |
| CROSSBOW | Medieval weapon such as the arbalest or ballista (8) |
| BBGUN | Toy weapon such as the Red Ryder: 2 wds. |
| ICBM | Abbreviated, a weapon such as the Peacekeeper |
| ENGINEER | Originally a builder of fortifications, siege artillery and mechanical weapons such as trebuchets, later a designer/maker of machinery or structures such as bridges or roads (8) |
| ATOMBOMBS | A mob's upset about grave weapons such as these (4,5) |
