| THEBIGEASY | An informal name for New Orleans |
| MUM | Nickname of the "chrysanth", whose full name stems from Greek for "gold flower"; an informal name for one's mater; noun meaning "silence"; or, an interjection calling for such (3) |
| PUG | An old word for a fox; an informal name for a boxer; an animal's footprint; or, a little carlin with a curled tail and a wrinkled face, whose snorts and snuffles inspired its collective name "grumble" |
| BIGAPPLE | Informal name for New York (3,5) |
| GARDENSTATE | Informal name for New Jersey (6,5) |
| EMPIRESTATE | Informal name for New York (6,5) |
| GOTHAM | Informal name for New York (6) |
| DAKS | An informal name for trousers, in an Aussie film. |
| LEMON | What is an informal name for an unreliable or defective car? (5) |
| FOOTER | A walker; a Scots word for a fiddle or potter about; an informal name for soccer; a kick of the ball in said game; or, type/text at the bottom of a page, in contrast to the header, at the top (6) |
| COPS | Word for arrests or captures, hence an informal name for police officers (4) |
| BRUM | Shortening of an informal name for a Midlands city (4) |
| SHOOTINGSTAR | An informal name for a meteor (8,4) |
| THESMALLSCREEN | An informal name for television (3,5,6) |
| OLDNICK | What is an informal name for the Devil? (3,4) |
| HERBTRINITY | An informal name for Viola tricolor, the wild pansy |
| CHOPPER | An informal name for a helicopter (7) |
| BLOWER | An informal name for a telephone (6) |
| ACID | What is an informal name for the drug LSD? (4) |
| FIDDLE | An informal name for a violin (6) |
