| PLAGUE | Old, highly infectious and usually fatal, disease (6) |
| PNEUMONIA | Up on Maine compound - it's infectious and could go viral (9) |
| GANGRENOUS | Bunch of hoodlums in Nevada, America, produced something that's infectious and potentially mortifying (10) |
| CJD | Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus. |
| DUTCHELMDISEASE | Fungal, usually fatal, ailment of certain trees (5,3,7) |
| KILLER | Fatal (disease) |
| STODGE | Heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food (6) |
| TRIBES | Groups of (especially primitive) families or communities linked by social, economic, religious or blood ties and usually having a common culture and dialect and a recognized leader |
| STORKS | Very tall, long-legged wading birds with heavy bills and usually black and white plumage (6) |
| OPENER | One's first to take deliveries -- and usually runs (6) |
| SETTEE | A long seat with a back and usually arms (6) |
| BRONZE | Alloy of copper and usually tin (6) |
| PHOBIA | A morbid and usually irrational fear of or aversion to something (6) |
| EMPLOY | Give work to and usually pay in return (6) |
| WHAMMY | Double ---, two potent and usually unpleasant things happening at once (6) |
| HICCUP | A temporary and usually minor setback (6) |
| BISTRO | Small and usually simple restaurant, often one serving French food (6) |
| EGGNOG | Punch made of sweetened cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor. (6) |
| SNIPER | One who shoots from a hiding place with extreme accuracy and usually at long range (6) |
| CRUISE | A sea voyage taken for pleasure and usually stopping at several places (6) |
