| BOMBSCARE | Withdrawn crowd nervily braces against this? (4,5) |
| STEELS | Braces against |
| SPIN | Beginning to slog to leg, against this? |
| ESPALIER | Developing pear lies against this? (8) |
| AGITATEDLY | Nervily, I get at lady jostling (10) |
| NONDELIVERY | Postal failure, because it was nervily and badly done (3,8) |
| BLACKSPOT | Protect roses against this serious fungal disease (5,4) |
| SACREDCOW | Won't hear a word said against this top milk producer in God's acre? (6,3) |
| APARTHEID | Nelson Mandela was a key figure in the struggle against this South African regime of racial segregat |
| DEMOCRACY | The best argument against this is a five-minute conversation with the average voter, per Winston Churchill |
| IRELAND | USA won against this country, registering its first victory against a Test-playing team. (7) |
| HOMICIDE | Activists want a certain charge laid against government for knowing lives could be lost in the next climate disaster but doing little or nothing to mitigate against this weather crisis. (8) |
| ROYALFLUSH | Odds against this are 649,739 to 1 |
| TETANUS | Travelers may be inoculated against this |
| MOSQUITO | There may be a net cost for protection against this raider (8) |
| EXPENSEACCOUNT | Claim against this former writer's English story? (7,7) |
| SUE | Take action against this woman |
| NOFEAR | "I'm definitely against this rival approach," says Spooner (2,4) |
| SCRAPIE | One joins in the fight against this disease? (7) |
| OBJECT | Take a stand against this thing (6) |
