| BATONSINISTER | A heraldic indication of illegitimacy (5-8) |
| BARSINISTER | Indication of illegitimacy given by arbiters troubled about offence (3-8) |
| BENDSINISTER | Heraldic sign of illegitimacy (4,8) |
| BATON | What, as a staff, is the sign of authority, but in English heraldry is the sign of a illegitimacy? (5) |
| ESCUTCHEON | A decorative metal or porcelain device such as a cover or drop over the hole of a lock or a fingerplate above a doorhandle; or, a heraldic shield bearing a coat of arms (10) |
| SEADOG | A Jack tar, old salt, pirate or sailor; a white rainbow as seen by a mariner; an antiquated word for a shark or a seal; or, a heraldic beast in the form of a talbot with a beaver's tail (3,3) |
| SAVAGE | From "of the woods", a human being in a primitive, uncivilised or wild state; a barbarian or brute; a heraldic representation of a bearded seminaked man in a wreath of leaves; or, an enraged horse/vic |
| CREST | Top of a wave or a hill; tuft of feathers on a bird's head; or, a heraldic bearing, traditionally for a helmet but also for writing paper (5) |
| MOTTO | From Latin for "murmur" and Italian for "word", a saying such as that forming part of a heraldic achievement; a quotation prefacing a book/chapter; or, a recurring musical phrase (5) |
| FRET | A coastal fog or haar; a heraldic charge representing the meshes of a fishing net; a meander or Greek key pattern; or, one of the ridges across a guitar, lute or viol's fingerboard (4) |
| TRUNDLE | Word for a curly-tailed dog; a little castor, revolving disc/roller or small wheel; a steady chug, freewheel or roll along; a heraldic spool of golden thread; a hoop; or, a truckle bed (7) |
| LAMBREQUIN | French word for "valance", thus a veil at the back of a knight's helmet; a heraldic mantling representing this, sometimes in velvet; or, a strip of drapery, such as a pelmet (10) |
| DANCETTE | Word, from "tooth", for a heraldic or architectural pattern or line of chevrons, indents or zigzags reminiscent of a set of teeth (8) |
| UNLAWFULNESS | Illegitimacy |
| BASILISK | From the Greek meaning "little king", a mythical serpent with a lethal gaze, often described in a bestiary, or, a heraldic cockatrice (8) |
| INNS | Pubs or taverns, each with a sign often bearing a picture of a heraldic beast such as a dragon, eagle, griffin, hart, lion, unicorn or wyvern (4) |
| BASE | The lower portion of either a heraldic shield or an architectural feature such as a column; or, the chief ingredient of a recipe (4) |
| CHARGE | An accumulation of electricity; a person or thing in one's care; a heraldic emblem or device on a shield; or, a financial liability (6) |
| MOUND | A hillock; a heap of earth, laundry, mash, rice or anything else; or, from the Latin for "world", a heraldic orb (5) |
| FLORY | A bloom-related word indicating a lilied decorative treatment using a fleur-de-lis motif on a heraldic charge (5) |
