| ETYMON | A word from which another word is derived |
| UPSET | A word from which is at University for a bit of tennis ... (5) |
| MINUEND | Number from which another is subtracted |
| ETYMA | From which a later word is derived |
| CRAMBO | From the Latin for "cabbage served up again", a game in which one player gives a word to which another must find a rhyme (6) |
| OCEAN | What word is derived from a Greek word meaning "great stream encircling the earth's disc"? (5) |
| GRAFFITI | This word is derived from the Italian word meaning "scratch" or "incised inscriptions." English uses the Italian plural, but everyday usage typically turns it into a singular noun. The markings this w |
| QUEST | Whether a knight's crusade for the Grail, a pilgrim's progress to a holy place, a philosopher's pursuit of truth, a hound's hunt for game or a computer's scan for data, it is a word, from "ask, seek", |
| GHETTO | This word is derived from the Italian dialect form gheto, "foundry," which refers to the Venetian island where Jews were forced to live during the 16th century. The English term came into use by 1611. |
| ABSEIL | What word is derived from German words for "down" and "rope"? (6) |
| INCH | What word is derived from Latin uncia, "twelfth part"? (4) |
| BRAT | Word from which Bart Simpson's name was derived |
| SHAH | Persian word from which "chess" comes |
| STIBIUM | Word from which the element antimony derives its symbol (7) |
| ICEBERG | Variety of crisp lettuce named for its original shipment in crushed frozen water or "glace"; a word from Dutch for a calf or a growler, broken away from a glacier; or, a person considered cold or Scro |
| SUBSTRATE | Material on which another material is deposited |
| FACTOR | Number by which another is exactly divisible |
| ROOTSTOCK | Plant to which another variety is grafted (9) |
| AUGEND | Quantity to which another is added |
| BAINMARIE | Water-filled pan, into which another pan is placed (4,5) |
