| ADVERSARY | Worried saver grabbed by a satirical enemy (9) |
| LOUISIANA | One grabbed by a soul in a terrible state (9) |
| GLIDETIME | First play written by Roger Hall, a satirical look at life in a Wellington government department, made into a TV series (5,4) |
| UDDER | Part of a cow grabbed by a milkmaid |
| BRACELET | Jewellery item about to be grabbed by a treble, possibly (8) |
| POTABLE | Flap when grabbed by a foreigner - may be drunk |
| KEEGAN | Old football player, say, grabbed by a much older player (6) |
| ABRAHAM | Lincoln supporter grabbed by a poor player? |
| ANTEATER | Tail of ruminant grabbed by a smarter animal (8) |
| ACROBAT | Circus performer in dress almost grabbed by a lion? |
| ACHIEVED | Accomplished lady, the first to be grabbed by a child left abandoned (8) |
| ACROSTIC | Angry for the most part being grabbed by a jerk? That's puzzling! |
| CHATSHOW | The hat's been grabbed by a dog on the TV programme (4,4) |
| SKIT | Word, from "dart, move rapidly, shoot", for a satirical remark or sally; a parody; a hoax or trick; or, a sudden shower of rain or sprinkling of snow (4) |
| EPIGRAM | A short poem, especially a satirical one, with a witty or ingenious ending (7) |
| AESOP | A show about a satirical writer |
| MOOU | Setting of a satirical campus novel by Jane Smiley |
| SPIRALSTAIRCASE | One ascending by twisted means will aggravate a satirical press |
| EREWHON | A satirical novel by Samuel Butler (1872) (7) |
| STEPFORD | Fictional Connecticut town of a satirical feminist horror novel by Ira Levin |
