| DEPLOYMENT | The organisation and positioning of troops, resources or equipment so that they are ready for quick action (10) |
| OPENING | Gap showing they are ready for customers (7) |
| CIVILDEFENCE | The organisation and training of non-military people to be prepared for attacks in wartime (5,7) |
| POPIN | Ready for quick insertion |
| SCARCE | When food is ___, scorpions can slow down their metabolism so much so that they are able to live off just one insect per year |
| OTIOSE | Removing pages opposite designed so that they are serving no useful purpose (6) |
| SPRIG | The bookie needs the equipment so shoot him (5) |
| SONAR | It's good equipment so the RAN uses it (5) |
| INSTALLATION | A setting up; equipment so set |
| NOSTRILS | The ___ are situated on the top of the snout and have valves to keep water out of the large lung so that they can stay underwater for long periods |
| CONCH | Name for medium-to-large sea-snails and their shells, so many of the shells have been taken as souvenirs from Spanish beaches that they are now considered an endangered species and are protected by la |
| PREDATORS | Cows can see almost "360 degrees" so that they can watch for ___ from all angles. However, they don't see well straight in front of them and they will typically turn their head to look at you |
| VULTURES | They have bald heads and necks so that they can reach inside a carcass when they feed. When one of these birds descends to a dead or dying animal, others may be attracted from miles away. |
| ASPEN | Type of tree in which the leaves are attached to the stem by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the wind (5) |
| EXHAUSTED | Description of somewhere/something depleted of resources; or, of a person, physically drained of all energy (9) |
| PARACHUTETROOPS | They are ready to drop by the time they have qualified (9,6) |
| WINDOW | Want to grow berries in the winter? Plant them in a flowerpot and place it next to a ___ so that they can reach for the 2D |
| ROUNDUPS | In the US, acts of gathering together livestock, especially cattle, so that they may be branded, counted or sold (8) |
| OLIVEDRAB | Camouflage colour for uniforms or equipment, especially of the US army in the Second World War |
| UNDERSTUDIES | They are ready in the event of falling stars (12) |
