| SHIELD | Capriciously, I held child's ear and arms here (8,6) |
| HERALDIC | Capriciously, I held child's ear and arms here (8,6) |
| PEGGED | Held child's horse in deep trouble |
| ARSENAL | Eleven arms here (7) |
| PRISONER | Intruder held child captive (8) |
| ANTARCTICOCEAN | Creation can act capriciously, producing this watery waste |
| TORSO | In Italian, it literally means "stalk." In English, it refers to the part of the human body that isn't the head and neck and the legs and arms. First known use occurred in 1722. |
| ESSENTIAL | Lateness I capriciously classed as necessary (9) |
| ALPHABETICAL | Develop habit in Los Angeles and capriciously place order for encyclopaedia |
| ADLIBBED | One dabbled, capriciously, and improvised |
| CRAWL | Swimming stroke in which feet are kicked like paddles and arms reach forward and pull back through the water |
| STAR | ___ jump, a gymnastic exercise in which one leaps and thrusts out the legs and arms (4) |
| MISSISSIPPI | "By Valor and Arms" state |
| SETTEE | Long seat with back and arms (6) |
| NOBEL | Explosives expert and arms manufacturer oddly responsible for 20 31 (5) |
| REMINGTON | Eliphalet ___, US inventor and arms manufacturer who died in 1861 (9) |
| LAUNDER | Wash legs and arms initially, then beneath |
| SWORDDANCE | Musical measure for feet and arms? (5,5) |
| LIMBS | Goes up losing head and arms (5) |
| SETTEES | Upholstered seats with backs and arms, for more than one person |