| COBOL | Computer, (or binary object) language, initially (5) |
| EQUAL | The same English queens used another language, initially (5) |
| HAUSA | African language initially hated across America (5) |
| OPTIC | One sees church language initially suppressed |
| GIRLY | Feminine gender in Romance languages, initially an unknown quantity |
| BRAIN | An encephalon; or, a computer or other device comparable to such (5) |
| GAMER | Participant in a computer or role-playing game. (5) |
| LOCAL | Of a computer or similar device, accessible without the use of a network (5) |
| CRASH | Word for a car collision; economic collapse; a complete breakdown of a computer; or, a coarse linen (5) |
| RESET | Which process returns a computer or other device to its initial state? (5) |
| CHIPS | Word after chocolate, computer or poker |
| CYBER | Prefix relating to computers or the internet, as in the Cybertron of the early 1960s (5) |
| COPTIC | Liturgical language initially conceived of vision (6) |
| HANDEL | Composer needing help with English language initially |
| CORNMEAL | Unreliable romance language initially could be mush? (8) |
| CODE | Word after bar or binary |
| NON | Prefix for fiction or binary |
| SYSTEM | Word with buddy or binary |
| SCANNER | Computer input device that uses a light beam to scan codes, text, or graphic images directly into a computer or computer system. (7) |
| KEPLER | German lawmaker's place in reversion of classical language, initially forgotten (6) |
