| VACCINE | The world is trying to develop this to combat the virus (7) |
| TRIGONOMETRY | More trying to develop mathematical skill |
| WEATHER | We take heart anew to combat the storm (7) |
| ATHIRST | Longing to develop this art (7) |
| NEWDEAL | Domestic programme of economic and social reform implemented by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to combat the effects of the Great Depression (3,4) |
| SURVIVE | Outlive the virus maybe, but have to lose half (7) |
| SYMPTOM | More than a little lousy - MP Tommy has a sign of the virus maybe (7) |
| RABIDLY | Madly affected by the virus of an infected animal (7) |
| RICKETS | Chirpy individuals deficient in one vitamin might develop this (7) |
| GILLIAN | & 34D Actress behind Emmerdale killer Emma Barton, who is trying to prevent her secret being exposed (7,7) |
| KEARNEY | Actress behind Emmerdale killer Emma Barton, who is trying to prevent her secret being exposed (7,7) |
| GROUCHO | Marx brother who plays con man S Quentin Quale, who is trying to scrounge the money for a railroad ticket in Go West (7) |
| DENTIST | Student is trying to impress oral examiner (7) |
| PIANIST | Thespian is trying to entertain someone with a grand? (7) |
| HAILING | Henry, poorly, is trying to get a taxi (7) |
| HEARING | Is trying to find out about a tribunal (7) |
| THERESA | Relative of Prince McQueen who is trying to help him make money for his wedding in Hollyoaks (7) |
| BEDSIDEMANNER | Dr's been mean, I"d fancy ___ one needing to develop this sympathetic approach? (7,6) |
| SUBMARINE | Muse about the brain needed to develop this sort of craft |
| WARSAWPACT | Formed to combat the NATO alliance, the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance was more succinctly known as this (6,4) |
