| SEROTONIN | When locusts rub against each other, the contact increases ___ levels, which attracts the locusts to each other and swarms are formed |
| PARTING | Leaving each other the dividing line created by comb (7) |
| LADDERS | Series of gradually rising levels which allow migrating fish to go around a darn or other obstacle in a river (7) |
| HIND | The ___ legs enable locusts to hop or jump |
| LIGHTSHIP | Sparks up joint, which attracts the attention of sailors (9) |
| AMOS | Meaning "burden", a shepherd, sycamore fig farmer and prophet of doom in the OT who envisaged the locusts devouring the crops (4) |
| ORDINARY | The Leaving Cert is divided into Higher, Foundation and ___ levels. (8) |
| UNINSTALLER | Arrests quashing resistance at a higher level, which should cancel an application |
| MANY | That's wrong on so ___ levels |
| PEST | Locust to a farmer |
| ASHLEY | Actress Judd (The Locusts costar of 56 Across) |
| NOTANYMORE | No increase ___ that's a thing of the past (3,3,4) |
| ADDERS | Creatures that increase ___ but don't multiply? (6) |
| REV | Increase, ___ up |
| RYDERCUP | Golfing competition which pits teams from Europe and the US against each other every two years (5,3) |
| CLEARINGHOUSE | Financial institution where cheques drawn on banks are cancelled against each other to show the net balance payable (8,5) |
| WORLDWIDEWEB | Attracts the surfers from around the globe to The Maze (5,4,3) |
| SPORTS | Activities, usually involving physical effort, in which players or teams compete against each other (6) |
| TEAMGAME | A sport in which different sides play against each other (4,4) |
| ATTRACT | Draw between the Poles pitted against each other? (7) |