| Insect's feeding stage |
LARVA |
| Keen insight |
ACUMEN |
| Large tropical seedpod with tangy pulp — mad train (anag) |
TAMARIND |
| Lineage |
ANCESTRY |
| Mobster |
HOODLUM |
| One way to leave a pirate ship for ever? |
WALKTHEPLANK |
| Regular |
USUAL |
| Search for a fugitive |
MANHUNT |
| Serious break in friendly relations |
RIFT |
| Sour — acid |
TART |
| Vibrating membrane in the head |
EARDRUM |
| Warm up again |
REHEAT |