| DESPERADOES | Outlaws sticking sharp ends into deer, a female deer! (11) |
| PETTINESS | Mean-spirited character sticking sharp points into animals |
| FIDDLE | Wangle dead ends into new life! (6) |
| PITCHEDBATTLE | Threw tight ends into pack to create major face-off |
| DOE | "___, a deer, a female deer" ("The Sound of Music" lyric) |
| HIND | Rear a deer, a female deer (4) |
| DOEA | "___ a deer, a female deer" |
| HORN | A musical wind instrument fashioned from brass or a conch; an antenna of a beetle; an antler of a deer; a tentacle of a snail; a tip of a crescent; or, a symbol of a cuckold (4) |
| ROADRAGE | Running into deer is a bore and a traffic hazard |
| ERROR | Mistake when retired bishop tucked into deer (5) |
| METEOR | Flier seen at night ran into deer on way up (6) |
| DOTAGE | Foolish time to put identifying mark into deer |
| POINTS | A horse's extremities; dots or full stops; goals, runs, touches or other units of scoring; or, sharp ends of knives, needles, pins or swords (6) |
| COMBE | Search through, at the end, into a deep valley (5) |
| INSET | Sharp ends of iron needles, stitching elegantly threaded gusset (5) |
| BALLPOINTS | Pens will be black at first, all with sharp ends (10) |
| AGASP | Surprised at Muslim leader having sharp ends (5) |
| BROWNIEPOINTS | Cake with sharp ends getting commendations (7,6) |
| STAGS | The state has a GST tax on deer! |
| DOEEYED | Having a soft gaze like that of a female deer |
