| TWOFOLD | A word with a double meaning (7) |
| DUAL | Word with a double meaning? |
| VERBALLY | The way to have a word with a friend (8) |
| TWI | Prefix with a double meaning? |
| PUN | Some grown-ups are taken aback with a double meaning joke (3) |
| SYNONYM | A word with the same meaning as another (7) |
| HOMONYM | Double-meaning term for scientific man ___ New York male (7) |
| NEIGHED | Had a word with fellow Arabians as no State Emergency demoralised leaders (7) |
| ANAGRAM | A word with the same set of letters |
| COGNATE | Word with a common origin (7) |
| AMBIGUOUS | Having a double meaning |
| PUNISH | Misuse related to a double meaning? (6) |
| RUN | Jog & Humorous use of a double meaning (3) |
| EQUIVOCAL | Just as talkative, say, having a double meaning (9) |
| TUFT | Word with a bunch of meanings including a beard, a feathery crest, a grassy clump, a loop in a rug, a tassel or a wisp of a squirrel's fluffy tail/ear (4) |
| JIGGER | Word with a dizzying array of meanings, from unusual to tame - a Celtic folk dancer, a cue rest, a golf club, a mizzenmast, an old door, a sailor's pulley, a Scouse alleyway, a shot glass, a tropical |
| STORE | Word with a stockpile of meanings, from a pig kept for fattening, a grain silo and a squirrel's food supply, to a village shop and a computer's memory (5) |
| UNALTERED | A word with the same meaning as "unrelated," perhaps? (9) |
| FOODFOR | With 42-Across, something to consider, and a hint to the double meaning of the ends of 17-, 21-, 57- and 66-Across |
| AMBIGUITY | Double meaning by a doctor, one responsible for cutting line |