| OHIOANS | So, Hanoi was bombed - possibly by them! (7) |
| STRAFED | Moved faster before Germany was bombed (7) |
| PYTHONS | Phoney hypnotists? No, it's fatal to be embraced by them! (7) |
| DRIVERS | Evening riders may be diverted by them! (6-7) |
| DRESDEN | Which city was bombed between 13 and 15 February 1945, when more than 3,900 tons of high explosives were dropped, resulting in a firestorm and the deaths of an estimated 25,000 people? (7) |
| SKEWERS | Long pins used for weeks, possibly, by royal seamstresses initially (7) |
| DEBATER | Berated, possibly, by one who's disposed to argue? (7) |
| CAROUSE | Make merry in saloon, possibly by river (7) |
| SHOMRON | Request for quiet room possibly by new part of the West Bank (7) |
| DEEPEST | Most mysterious bug possibly by river (7) |
| BREWERY | Porter works, possibly, by carrying right jug |
| GODFREY | Boy's name forged, possibly, by youth leader |
| ALCHEMISTS | St by Michael's transmuted by them! (10) |
| ENGINE | Evening riders may be diverted by them! (6-7) |
| ADEN | City where the U.S.S. Cole was bombed |
| ENOLA | __ Gay, the name given to the plane from which Hiroshima was bombed (5) |
| USS | ___ Cole (ship that was bombed in 2000): Abbr. |
| CLEANERS | Money laundering? You may be taken to them for all you get done by them! (8) |
| TAPS | Danger gets turned on by them! |
| PARTAKEN | What a trap, Ken! It's been shared by them! (8) |
