| DAVY | ____ lamp, a miner's portable safety accessory to reduce the risk of an explosion or asphyxiation (4) |
| REPORT | A statement of facts; a news bulletin; a teacher's assessment of a pupil's deportment and scholarship; or, the loud echoing sound of an explosion or gunfire (6) |
| SHADING | Put up ___ in the greenhouse to reduce the risk of scorching (7) |
| DAVYLAMP | Miner's portable safety light (4,4) |
| LED | ___ the witness (ran the risk of an objection) (3) |
| SKINTIGHT | Broke top off lamp, a very close fit (9) |
| BOOM | A period of prosperity; or, the loud resonant sound of an explosion, thunder or of the bittern (4) |
| BLAST | Word for a strong gust of wind or a trumpet's call, a detonation or explosion or a veritable banging ball (5) |
| FIBRE | What in the diet helps lower blood cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease? (5) |
| GRIT | Courage will reduce the risk of accidents on icy roads (4) |
| TAMP | Ram down (concrete) / in blasting, to pack a detonation hole full of clay, sand etc. to get the full force of an explosion |
| BLASTS | Gusts of wind; jets of air; good times; explosions or the shock waves caused; toots of car horns, trumpets, whistles etc; or, severe tellings-off (6) |
| BANISTERS | They reduce the risk of accidents in flights |
| ASPIRIN | Endlessly hoping this will reduce the risk of blood clotting (7) |
| STIS | Condoms reduce the risk of them (abbr.) |
| SUPERNOVA | A star whose brightness increases suddenly as a result of an explosion dispersing most of its material |
| TNT | High explosive often used as a comparative unit of the size of an explosion (1,1,1) |
| CRATER | Evidence of an explosion given by a stoolpigeon in the middle of Lucerne (6) |
| CONSTRICTOR | Any of various non-venomous snakes, such as the python, which squeeze their prey to kill by asphyxiation (11) |
| BANISTER | It reduces the risk of accidents on flight (8) |
