| PEARLYGATES | An informal name for the entrance to heaven (6,5) |
| GATES | Pearly ones form the entrance to heaven |
| GAIT | Stride for the entrance, by the sound of it (4) |
| TRANSOM | Matrons organised a crosspiece for the entrance (7) |
| HERBTRINITY | An informal name for Viola tricolor, the wild pansy |
| SMALLSCREEN | An informal name for television (5,6) |
| SAUSAGEDOGS | An informal name for dachshunds (7,4) |
| 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) |
| DIXIE | What is an informal name for the Southern states of the US? (5) |
| WESTGERMANY | Informal name for the FRG, 1949-1990 (4,7) |
| 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) |
| OLDNICK | What is an informal name for the Devil? (3,4) |
| ACID | What is an informal name for the drug LSD? (4) |
| BIGTOE | In human anatomy, an informal name for the hallux |
| NOTTSFOREST | Informal name for the football team which plays its home matches in West Bridgford |
| PERENNIAL | Reoccurring plant such as aquilegia, lavender and lupin; or, an informal name for the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society (9) |
| 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" |
| LEMON | What is an informal name for an unreliable or defective car? (5) |
| COPS | Word for arrests or captures, hence an informal name for police officers (4) |
| DESERTRAT | An informal name for a soldier who served with the British 7th Armoured Division in North Africa in 1941-42 (6,3) |
