| PROVERBIAL | Commonly referred to (10) |
| SMEW | Related to "widgeon" or "small wild duck", a dainty diver commonly referred to as a white nun or a redhead when male or female respectively (4) |
| CITYBOND | Security commonly referred to as a "muni" |
| KNOWNAS | Commonly referred to in this way: 2 wds. |
| ARAL | Sea commonly referred to in the past tense |
| WAR | The monument on Turpin Road in Walford is commonly referred to as the __ Memorial (3) |
| BIND | The wild plant Convolvulus arvensis is more commonly referred to as ___weed (4) |
| OVERLORD | Codename of the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces, commonly referred to as D-Day (8) |
| SERIES | _ Land Rovers, how the earlier models are commonly referred to (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Country whose devolved legislature is commonly referred to as Holyrood (8) |
| TARSAND | Another name for bituminous sand, this is a deposit of loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone saturated with highly viscous bitumen. Oil recovered from this material is commonly referred to as |
| HOOD | Aconitum is commonly referred to as monk's (4) |
| INCARVILLEA | Genus of hardy perennials, commonly referred to as hardy gloxinia (11) |
| SALVIA | The largest genus of plants in the mint family, commonly referred to as sage |
| SHELL | As an insect's exoskeleton is commonly referred to (5) |
| GEORDIES | What are people from Tyneside in the north-east of England commonly referred to as? (8) |
| LEROGUE | Renault are commonly referred to by this name (2,5) |
| BIGBEN | Elizabeth Tower, as it's commonly referred to (2 wds.) |
| MOBULA | A genus of ray, commonly referred to as devil or flying rays |
| SHEETMUSIC | Found in bed with Shakespeare's food of love? This will make no sense to one of those referred to in |