| INSTAR | Stage in the life of a bug |
| LARVAL | A tadpole is the ___ stage in the life cycle of an amphibian |
| PARR | Fourth of the six stages in the life cycle of a salmon, between fry and smolt (4) |
| MRSDALLOWAY | Virginia Woolf's novel about a day in the life of a woman in England post World War I: 2 wds. |
| ADAY | "___ in the Life of a Fool" |
| FUNNYBUSINESS | There's something underhanded in the life of a comedian! (5,8) |
| POWELL | Author of A Dance to the Music of Time whose wife Violet wrote A Jane Austen Compendium and The Life of a Provincial Lady (6) |
| FINANCIALYEAR | A fancy airline (anag) - 12 months in the life of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (9,4) |
| FEARLESS | 2006 film based on the life of a martial artist in the last years of the Qing dynasty |
| EAR | Cute part of a bug, in a saying |
| SNUGNESS | quality of a bug in a rug |
| IMAGO | Stage of a bug's life |
| CUTTINGEDGE | Latest or most advanced stage in the development of something, as in trimming the sides of a lawn! (7,4) |
| GLASS | Scott Hicks' film exploring the life of a noted composer, ...: A Portrait Of Philip In Twelve Parts |
| GULLYBOY | 2020 movie which won 13 Filmfare awards, the most in history (as of 2021); it is based on the life of a Mumbai rapper (5,3) |
| CARPETBAGGER | Politician with no local connections to Persian, for instance, gets the sack - it's a bit of a bug? (12) |
| ELYTRON | See temperature with man getting a bit of a bug? |
| ITCHING | Feeling the effects of a bug bite, eg (7) |
| ANTMAN | Superhero who can shrink to the size of a bug |
| SPLAT | Sound of a bug hitting a windshield |
