Related Clues:

• Otherwise - may be threatening
• If not, then - sounds like a threat
• Jeers, mocks
• Do it . . . . . . - an informal warning
• If not, then - vaguely threatening
• Tantalises, baits
• 'Tantalises, baits (6)'
• 'Jeers, provokes (6)'
• Remarks to provoke
• Provocative remarks
• How provoking one is after tea to 30 acrosses
• Such derision comes to a relative conclusion
• Jeers, provokes
• End to a threat, perhaps
• "If you want to avoid trouble"