| CAKEHOLE | Colloquial term for the mouth (8) |
| KISSER | Slang term for the mouth (6) |
| TRAP | An informal term for the mouth (4) |
| RUSTBELT | Colloquial term for the former steel-producing region of America's Midwest and NE, attributed to Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale (1984) (4,4) |
| LIPSTICK | Cosmetics for the mouth (8) |
| LIPGLOSS | Shiny make-up for the mouth (3-5) |
| REDDUSTER | Colloquial term for the flag of the merchant Navy (3,6) |
| PIPS | What has been the colloquial term for the BBC time signal since 1924? (4) |
| STASI | Colloquial term for the security police in the former German Democratic Republic (5) |
| SNAILMAIL | Colloquial term for the traditional postal system |
| RAKE | Colloquial term for the steering angle of your forks. (4) |
| TINPANALLEY | Colloquial term for the world of composers and publishers of popular music, originating in New York (3,3,5) |
| SPUDS | Colloquial term for the subjects of this week's Miscellany! (5) |
| UNI | Colloquial term for the campus-based academic home of scholars and often sporting blues (3) |
| GAB | Word, based on slang for the mouth, for chatter, prattle or tittle-tattle one is said to have the gift of when fluent (3) |
| ADAMSALE | Colloquial term for water, popularised during the temperance movement of the 19th century (5,3) |
| GENDARME | What is a colloquial term for a police officer (8) |
| HAYMAKER | Colloquial term for a swinging blow (8) |
| DOMESTIC | Colloquial term for a servant (8) |
| NAPOLEON | Colloquial term for a 20-franc gold coin (8) |
