| ALARMBELL | A category encompassing marine life initially provides warning |
| FEEFIEFOEFUM | Sounds like husband of 7 down provides warning for English Jack (3,3,3,3) |
| GRADE | A category of a listed building; a music exam; or, meaning "step", word originally used in English as a unit of measurement of angles, now for a particular level of quality, rank etc (5) |
| OVERLAID | Covered past life initially with relief (8) |
| ZOOM | Where keepers preserve life, initially Moses is to go by rushes |
| EXTOL | Praise leaving one down on life initially (5) |
| HONESTLY | Perfect life initially occupying dirty home -- really? (8) |
| LISBON | Life initially is good in French city |
| VITAL | Very important to all life, initially (5) |
| ZAMBIA | Looking back, bank manager initially provides all the letters from Africa (6) |
| DISCOVERY | After spinner's six deliveries, yorker initially provides breakthrough ... (9) |
| ELEONORASFALCON | Renovating area of O'Connell Street initially provides hobby |
| EVENTS | Engineer initially provides exhaust and fixtures (6) |
| COMFORT | Firm male supporting twin initially provides solace (7) |
| COFFERS | Company initially provides funds (7) |
| IRIS | Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance initially provides the answer (4) |
| SPA | South Pacific always initially provides place for recuperation (3) |
| PLOT | This aspect of The Mousetrap initially provides lots of tension (4) |
| MESH | Material's evenly spaced holes initially provide a net-like fabric (4) |
| TYPE | A category or class with shared characteristics; a device on a coin or a medal; or, little metal blocks bearing letters for printing collectively (4) |
