| SHOCKS | Arrangements of 12 sheaves of summer wheat; earthquake tremors; or, a word derived from the French for charging warriors or jousters for sudden impacts (6) |
| SURETE | French F.B.I. |
| SHAKES | Musical trilloes; a short word for smoothie-like drinks; informal term for earthquakes or tremors; or, cracks/fissures in rock or timber (6) |
| POOTER | An entomologist's bottle for collecting insects; or, a word, derived from a character in Diary of a Nobody, for a petit bourgeois (6) |
| TOPONYM | Place name, or a word derived from one (tangerine, frankfurter etc.) (7) |
| THRAVE | Two stooks of 12 sheaves each (6) |
| AFTERSHOCK | Tremor or microseism that can occur following an earthquake (10) |
| AFTER | - shock; seismic tremor or microseism following an earthquake (5) |
| QUAKE | Tremor or shiver (5) |
| ARC | Referring to a curve, such as a section of the sun's apparent path or part of the circumference of a circle, one of a number of English words derived from the Latin for "bow" (3) |
| PAPARAZZI | This is the plural form of a word derived from Paparazzo, the surname of a photographer in the film La dolce vita (1959) by Federico Fellini. Its first known use was in 1961. |
| ROUT | Word derived from the idea of a broken army for a decisive defeat; a noisy rabble; a large evening party or reception; or, a pack of wolves (4) |
| UNION | Word, derived from the Latin for "one", for the state of being allied; the act of marriage or wedlock; a brotherhood or guild; or, agreement, concord or harmony in general (5) |
| CENTRE | Word, derived from the Greek for the sharp tip of a pair of compasses, for the middle of a circle (6) |
| CORSAGE | Derived from the French meaning "body", a small boutonniere-like bouquet or spray worn on the wrist or pinned to the bodice of a dress (7) |
| ALBEDO | Word derived from the Latin meaning "whiteness", for a measure of reflectivity of an object such as that of a planet or the Moon (6) |
| ECHELON | Derived from the French for rung or ladder, a step-like body of aircraft, troops or ships also used to describe birds in flight or a peloton in crosswinds (7) |
| PAYSAGIST | Word, derived from the French literally meaning "countryside", for a painter of landscapes (9) |
| JOURNAL | Word derived from the Old French meaning "daily" for a diary, newspaper, logbook or a record of proceedings (7) |
| MERLOT | Derived from the French meaning "little blackbird", a variety of red wine from grapes grown in Bordeaux or California (6) |
