| REPEATERS | Weapons used for destroying pear trees (9) |
| PASSWORDS | Father's weapons used for identification (9) |
| PESTICIDE | The substance used for destroying troublesome insects (9) |
| MARMOSET | Police seizing weapons used for bagging old animal |
| COOTIE | It is clear, probably, that this is used for destroying germs (6,10) |
| BOTTLE | It is clear, probably, that this is used for destroying germs (6,10) |
| STERILISER | It is clear, probably, that this is used for destroying germs (6,10) |
| CATAPULTS | Weapons used by Burmese, for example, to free St Paul (9) |
| SHREDDING | Quiet place in Berks, say, for destroying papers (9) |
| ACARICIDE | Chemical agent for destroying mites (9) |
| ALLOWANCE | Sum apportioned for destroying a wall once (9) |
| CROSSBOWS | Ranged weapons used in medieval England (9) |
| HERBICIDE | Toxic substance for destroying plants |
| ERADICANT | Word for "destroying", describing some fungicides |
| TOMMYGUNS | Weapons used by WW1 British soldiers? |
| PARTRIDGE | Game bird (in a pear tree?) (9) |
| THEREAPER | New pear tree sliced by hard scytheman |
| SPEAR | Ancient throwing weapon used for hunting, fishing and war |
| AIRGUN | Weapon used for greeting in Australia? Mite (3-3) |
| CROSSBOW | Weapon used for firing arrows (8) |
