| TWITCHING | Common or informal name for the activity of birdwatching (9) |
| CASTLES | Old or informal name for rooks in chess; or, a general name for fortresses such as those constructed in Wales under the direction of Edward I (7) |
| BOATING | General name for the activity of rowing, sailing or punting (7) |
| TIMBROLOGY | Old name for the activity of stamp-collecting or philately (10) |
| PLAY | Games or exercise taken for recreation; a dramatic work for stage or screen; an old word for the activity of gambling; or, the courtship performance of animals (4) |
| TRANSPORT | The activity of taking people or goods from one place to another (9) |
| FUNNYBONE | Informal name for the point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface (5,4) |
| INSURANCE | The activity of under cover agents? (9) |
| SLEIGHING | The activity of riding over snow in a vehicle pulled by animals (9) |
| PERENNIAL | Reoccurring plant such as aquilegia, lavender and lupin; or, an informal name for the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society (9) |
| JONESTOWN | Informal name for the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, established in Guyana in the 1970s (9) |
| SCHNOZZLE | Informal name for the nose (9) |
| HIDEBOUND | With set ideas, going off to do some birdwatching? (9) |
| ESPIONAGE | The activity of spying (9) |
| THEVALLEYS | Local or informal name of a region of South Wales that was once at the heart of the Welsh coal mining industry (3,7) |
| FANNIEMAE | Informal name for the Federal National Mortgage Association, derived from its initials (6,3) |
| MINDBLOWN | Informal name for the "exploding head" emoji (🤯) |
| OUTDOORSY | Such as nature-y stuff like picnics, birdwatching and canoeing |
| NOETIC | From Greek for "perceive, think", a word for the activity or functioning of the intellect, aka cognition; or, the philosophical exercise of reason (6) |
| MERC | A short or informal name of a car symbolised by a three-pointed star; or, a soldier of fortune (4) |
