| KNIFEPOINT | Turns to fine pink under threat of sharp edged weapon (10) |
| SCABBARD | A sheath for a sharp-edged weapon |
| SWORD | Sharp-edged weapon |
| TAVEL | Variety of fine pink Rhone wine reputed to have been favoured by rexes including Philip IV and Louis XIV, hence sometimes referred to as "the rose of kings and the king of roses" (5) |
| OKCORRAL | Fine pink clothes right for shooting scene |
| INJEOPARDY | Under threat of early finish, open-air DJ set goes ahead (2,8) |
| ATGUNPOINT | Under threat of a deadly report, perhaps (2,8) |
| BROADSWORD | Heavy double-edged weapon with a basket hilt (10) |
| OFFTHEHOOK | Close to Dutch cape, perhaps, no longer under threat |
| ILLBEBOUND | My freedom's under threat, for sure |
| FORTHECHOP | Outward pawn on reflection is under threat |
| ENDANGERED | Finish up less serene and under threat |
| BONTEBOK | White-faced antelope of Southern Africa under threat of extinction (8) |
| DAGGERS | Short, sharp edged weapons |
| BLACKMAIL | Hush-money extorted under threat of exposure (9) |
| ASHTREES | Woody plants known by their binomial name Fraxinus excelsior, currently under threat of the Chalara fraxinea disease in the UK (3,5) |
| ATKNIFEPOINT | Under threat of being stabbed |
| RAZOR | Old "scrape, shave", today's sharp-edged "cut-throat" device with which to tonsure after a hot bathe and metaphorically reflected in a "shaving away" principle of parsimony that William of Ockham gave |
| NEEP | Sharp-edged end of hammer used backwards to extract turnip (4) |
| CLAYMORE | Mary Cole wielded a two edged weapon (8) |
