| CAVEATEMPTOR | Warning is hollow - a bait, otherwise |
| DIP | Related to "dive", a word for a plunge; a bath; a quick swim; a hollow; a candle; a sag; a pickpocket; or, sauce in which to dunk crisps/crudites (3) |
| KETTLE | Water-boiler; a geological hollow; a flock of migrating hawks; or, an oval pan in which to poach a whole fish (6) |
| ALAR | Short warning is needed for a crop retardant |
| ALARM | A warning is given about conventional arms (5) |
| FOYER | Why a golfer's warning is heard in the theatre |
| FANDANCE | Erotic show is loud and a pole and cage is hollow (3,5) |
| ANCHOVY | Fish farm is a non-starter ___ old victory is hollow (7) |
| CHAMBER | Church warning signal is hollow (7) |
| CHASM | From "gaping hollow", a yawning cleft or rift in Earth's surface, hence a wide difference in opinion etc (5) |
| WAPITI | Deer found in hollow, a pit, initially (6) |
| EXCAVATE | Dig out from old hollow a tonne (8) |
| FORE | A golf course warning is between three and five, we hear (4) |
| RATTLE | Venomous creature's warning is to cause nervousness |
| MONITOR | Screen giving warning is inadequate |
| TOTALISER | Device for gambling? Youngster needs short warning, is enthralled |
| TIPOFF | To give prior warning is pointless (3,3) |
| ALARMBELL | Its warning is uttered in ringing tones (5,4) |
| LUCRE | Money is a bait that takes in many (5) |
| LURE | Dangle a bait in front of, in a way? |
