| HARDASNAILS | Tacky phrase describing a body builder? |
| CHOPPY | Describing a body of water having many small waves (6) |
| ASTEROID | A body-builder showing a heavenly body |
| REDRAGTOABULL | Like a ____, phrase describing a thing that makes a person very angry (3,3,2,1,4) |
| KNIFEEDGE | On a ____, phrase describing a situation with a precarious outcome (5,4) |
| ENPASSANT | French phrase describing a chess move (2,7) |
| INESSE | Latin phrase describing a thing that actually exists |
| STEROID | A type of fat-soluble organic compound, possibly a body-builder (7) |
| LIFTAFINGER | Help, for a body builder? |
| CLOUD | Phrase describing a realm of fantasy, dreams or impractical notions (5-6-4) |
| CUCKOO | Phrase describing a realm of fantasy, dreams or impractical notions (5-6-4) |
| LAND | Phrase describing a realm of fantasy, dreams or impractical notions (5-6-4) |
| SLOGANS | Catchy phrases describing a name in high gloss (7) |
| SCHWARZENEGGER | Austrian-born film actor who started off as a body-builder |
| TOES | Parts of the feet whose reference in a common phrase describing conformity derives from competitors placing said digits just touching the line at the beginning of a race (4) |
| NAP | Coin a phrase describing pile (3) |
| DUJOUR | French phrase describing the dish of the day on a menu (2,4) |
| BEASTIE | 'Tim'rous ____,' phrase describing the titular creature in To A Mouse by Robert Burns (7) |
| INVITRO | Latin phrase describing biology experiments using test tubes (2,5) |
| ACROSSTHEPOND | On postcard, she composed phrase describing America (6,3,4) |
