| COMBATBOOTS | What some mothers wear, in an epithet |
| PRIVATEENTRANCE | What some mother-in-law apartments have |
| ETHELRED | Regnal name of an English king who was given an epithet meaning "badly advised" |
| COMFORTER | One who consoles or soothes; a long woollen scarf; a baby's dummy or pacifier; an epithet of the Holy Ghost; or, in the US, a warm quilt (9) |
| SWAN | Stately cygnus immortalised in ice sculpture, towel art, an epithet of the Bard of Avon and on vesta boxes (4) |
| ANTONOMASIA | In rhetoric, the substitution of an epithet or title for a proper name (11) |
| OVERSAW | Supervised deliveries with an epithet (7) |
| ATAGLANCE | An epithet to puncture immediately |
| STAGIRITE | An epithet of Aristotle (9) |
| MOTIONLESS | Still an epithet for a meeting lacking any formal proposal (10) |
| PITH | The essence of an epithet |
| GALILEAN | The _, an epithet of Jesus Christ (8) |
| NEWMAN | Seinfeld's neighbor whose name is spoken as an epithet |
| THEBARD | Legal profession finally acquired an epithet for dramatist |
| TAG | An epithet (3) |
| SUN | The _ King, an epithet of Louis XIV (3) |
| NICKNAME | Young Nicholas, nominate an epithet (8) |
| CRAWFORD | Michael -; actor noted for his role in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and performances in The Phantom of the Opera (8) |
| KITE | Name of a graceful bird of prey, such as the reddish-brown Milvus milvus, used as an epithet for a rapacious person (4) |
| CANDOCK | A historically "scrumped" ornamental yellow water lily, whose other name, "brandy bottle", refers to its wine dreg-like scent; or, an epithet of horsetail/puzzlegrass (7) |