| BLACKWIDOW | Poisonous creature threatening woman whose husband is late |
| WIDOWSPEAK | The hairline of a woman whose husband is late at the summit? (6,4) |
| ROSEWINDOW | Lady, one whose husband is late, entered name in glassy area (4,6) |
| GRASSWIDOW | Woman whose husband is regularly away for short periods |
| RELICT | Woman whose husband is dead (6) |
| WIDOW | A woman whose husband is dead |
| ASPERSIONS | Poisonous creature's hosting 'topless' version: slander! (10) |
| AVAGARDNER | American actress and singer whose husbands were Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra |
| WINDOW | A look-out for woman whose husband died around the North (6) |
| JADA | _ Pinkett, actress whose husband is Will Smith (4) |
| LANA | Archer character whose husband is Robert |
| SHARON | TV personality whose husband is rocker Ozzy, _ Osbourne (6) |
| KRALL | Diana _, vocalist whose husband is Elvis Costello (5) |
| RHEA | _ Perlman, actress whose husband is Danny DeVito (4) |
| JACKIE | 2016 film starring Natalie Portman as the title First Lady whose husband is assassinated |
| DOWAGER | Have sex with risk? Her husband is late (7) |
| ASPIRANT | Candidate is poisonous creature, I storm angrily |
| ASPIRIN | Bitten by poisonous creature at home, one's right ? to take this? (7) |
| MAMBA | Poisonous creature causing mother to hide the bottle opener (5) |
| SCORPION | Poisonous creature on crops I zapped |
