| EXTRACTION | Desperate for air in context of tooth op (10) |
| ABINITIO | Latin phrase meaning "from the beginning", employed in contexts of law, literature and science (2,6) |
| DANCESPORT | In the context of Olympic debuts, DS in WDSF stands for this. (10) |
| PODCASTING | Recording, in a modern context, of a group of whales trying luck at finding smaller fish (10) |
| CRIMEANWAR | Context of 18 and 27 associated with 19 and 23 (7,3) |
| GOLFCOURSE | Desperate for glucose in place of greens (4,6) |
| VERMICELLI | Student involved in vile crime, desperate for food (10) |
| ALLTHEBEST | Beginning to lose in battle, he's desperate for good luck! |
| SUSTENANCE | Unseen cats desperate for nourishment (10) |
| ANTISEPTIC | Cold patient is desperate for treatment to prevent infection (10) |
| SEXSTARVED | Vexed stars possibly desperate for it? (3-7) |
| AVOWANCE | From "love", a word in the context of psychology for limerence; or, the condition of being in love generally (8) |
| ARISES | Comes up for air in order to complete the exercises |
| GASP | Struggle for air in bag as protesting |
| NIGERIA | No end to Nigel coming up for air in African country (7) |
| PLANCK | German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissio |
| EXNIHILO | Latin phrase meaning 'out of nothing', often used in the context of divine creation (2,6) |
| OVEN | Shoot! If you have room for it, it's in the cosier context of the 11th that's meant. (4,4) |
| FIRE | Shoot! If you have room for it, it's in the cosier context of the 11th that's meant. (4,4) |
| REMISSION | Medical term referring to a period during which symptoms of a disease are reduced or disappear, often used in the context of chronic illnesses like cancer. (9) |
