| CHOPPER | An informal name for a helicopter (7) |
| 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" |
| OLDNICK | What is an informal name for the Devil? (3,4) |
| RASP | From "sweet rose-coloured wine", an informal name for a pinkish berry-like canefruit synonymous with a boo, hiss or jeer and recalled in a vulgar rhyme about a "framboise tart" (4) |
| SAUSAGEDOG | An informal name for a dachshund (7,3) |
| STENO | Word used to denote something narrow, such as a leaf; or, an informal name for a shorthand typist (5) |
| BRUM | Shortening of an informal name for a Midlands city (4) |
| SHOOTINGSTAR | An informal name for a meteor (8,4) |
| BLOWER | An informal name for a telephone (6) |
| FIDDLE | An informal name for a violin (6) |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | An informal name for a crane fly (5-8) |
| SPOOK | An informal name for a spy (5) |
| GONG | What is an informal name for a medal? (4) |
| 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) |
| SEAKING | Said to be looking for a helicopter |
| SEEKING | Looking for a helicopter, reportedly |
| MEDEVAC | One role for a helicopter |
| DESERTRAT | An informal name for a soldier who served with the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,3) |
| 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) |
| MINARET | Informal name for a 2-8-2T locomotive created for logging railroads in America (7) |
