| FRONTLINE | Popular alliance on line is in a very dangerous position (5,4) |
| ROULETTE | If Russian, it's a very dangerous game (8) |
| HIGHSPIRITS | Drunk on the hard stuff, is in a very good mood (4,7) |
| TESTMATCH | International alliance on trial |
| UNION | From "one", a word for coalition, fusion, harmony or wedlock; a national flag or jack; or, a device, emblematic of alliance, on aforesaid colours (5) |
| NATO | Eight Western countries agreed to form this new peace alliance on March 18, 1949 |
| UNDERFIRE | Was in a dangerous position at the front in combat (5,4) |
| MELODIOUS | Compiler, awful on line, is good for the Listener |
| CLEVEREST | One about to serve etc, on line, is extremely gifted (9) |
| BLACKSPOT | Refuses to touch vessel in dangerous position |
| DEATHTRAP | Passing on by mouth something which is very dangerous (9) |
| KNIFEEDGE | Tense, dangerous position (5-4) |
| MANEATING | What a waiter's used to seeing that's very dangerous (3-6) |
| HERCULEAN | List suppressed by that female copper is very dangerous (9) |
| HOMICIDAL | Boy I see, one climbing under dwelling briefly - very dangerous (9) |
| MURDEROUS | Very dangerous rumours spread about rising newsman |
| RAZORSEDGE | Shaver's lip is in a dangerous position |
| IDENTITYPARADE | Where someone who's got out of line is in line? |
| CUTAWAYGAG | Joke in filmmaking where the punch line is in another setting |
| ADULTERY | A point on line is criminal conversation (8) |
