| WORDS | Listed in a dictionary by Samuel Johnson or a thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget for example, units of language studied in lexicology (5) |
| THEROCK | Informal name for Gibraltar; the ring name of wrestler Dwayne Johnson; or, a pageant play by T. S. E |
| THESAURUS | Type of book associated with Peter Mark Roget (9) |
| DESCRIBE | Outline of first dictionary by English writer (8) |
| TARGET | Store name that rhymes with "Roget," for some |
| WORD | Any one of the units of language or speech listed in a dictionary or thesaurus (4) |
| AARDVARK | In the ark, Dr Ava treated the first animal listed in a dictionary (8) |
| DEF | Meaning that's listed in a dictionary: Abbr. |
| NAMES | Studied in onomastics, titles or forms of address listed in a who's who or the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography started by Sir Leslie Stephen, for example (5) |
| PEERAGE | System of hereditary titles detailed and listed in a type of reference book of the same name by either John Debrett or John Burke, for example (7) |
| RASSELAS | "Prince of Abissinia" in the title of a classic work by Samuel Johnson |
| INGREDIENT | General word for any one of a set of foods listed in a recipe (10) |
| ESSAYIST | It's easy to struggle over earliest of speeches by Samuel Johnson for instance (8) |
| SYNONYM | Any one of the types of words listed in a thesaurus (7) |
| ROGET | Peter Mark ---, English doctor, writer and inventor best known for his dictionary of synonyms known as the Thesaurus (5) |
| IDLER | The -; series of essays by Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and others (5) |
| PETERMARKROGET | British physician, theologian and lexicographer best known for publishing a Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852 |
| HURLOTHRUMBO | Nonsense play by Samuel Johnson (12) |
| SYN | Type of word in a thesaurus, for short |
| ESAU | Look in a thesaurus for this old character |
