| WONDER | A Jersey doughnut or "mervelle"; a sweet friedcake or cruller; or, any one of the seven great constructions of the ancient world, such as the Temple of Artemis (6) |
| PASTRY | Danish or cruller |
| WONDERS | Is inquisitive about seven great things? |
| DONUT | Cousin of a cruller or bear claw |
| FRIEDCAKE | Cruller or fritter |
| BLDR | Constr. man |
| CHILBLAINS | Hill cabins constr-ucted for chaps on foot (10) |
| TORES | A solid or surface resembling the shape of a ring doughnut or a bagel; or, the receptacle of a flower (5) |
| TWISTER | A swindler; a doughnut-like cruller; a party game of contortionism played on a mat; a rope-maker; a tornado; or, a person who dances the Watusi (7) |
| CUSP | Either of the two points of a crescent moon; or, any one of the divisions between signs of the zodiac or houses of the horoscope (4) |
| COUNTER | A bar-like fitment/top over which business is conducted in a bank, cafe or shop; the void in an "O" that doesn't print; or, any one of a set of discs used in a board game or in tiddlywinks |
| PENTHOUSE | Historically, a lean-to or shed attached to a building, now used to describe a top-floor luxury apartment; or, any one of the sloping roofs of a real tennis court (9) |
| DATE | Palm fruit whose name, meaning "finger", refers to the shape of the plant's leaves; or, any one of the specified days of the month represented on a calendar (4) |
| EVENT | An occurrence associated with a single point in space-time, such as the high-energy example of a supernova; or, any one of the social occasions of the British season (5) |
| TREE | Author of Wilding ; the foundation of a saddle; or, any one of a series of organisms growing in an arboretum (4) |
| STONE | Seed of a date, cherry, peach or plum; a gem; or, any one of the counters used in the game "go" (5) |
| FLORET | Diminutive bloom forming part of a composite flower; or, any one of the stems making up a head of broccoli or cauliflower (6) |
| HEATH | Known in Latin as Erica, a plant of a moorland habitat of the same name; or, any one of the littlest butterflies commonly called "browns" (5) |
| PLACE | Open square or space for a market in a town; or, any one of the first three positions in a race (5) |
| CELL | Hermitage; monastic room; a unit of life; or, any one of the sections of a honeycomb (4) |
