| Made to giggle |
TICKLED |
| More adhesive, humid |
STICKIER |
| One covering risk |
INSURER |
| Penultimate element (alpha. order) |
ZINC |
| Practise boxing |
SPAR |
| Publish; children |
ISSUE |
| Quality of sound |
TIMBRE |
| Rehearsal |
DRYRUN |
| Rootstock |
RHIZOME |
| Unable to hear |
DEAF |
| Unequal (contest) |
ONESIDED |
| Ward (off); manage (for oneself) |
FEND |
| Weak points (in armour) |
CHINKS |
| Welsh fellow; Nogood ---, Under Milk Wood |
BOYO |