| NONCE | Denoting a word coined for one occasion |
| EXPO | International exhibition, a word coined for the Montreal World Fair in 1967 (4) |
| PALINDROMIC | Denoting a word or phrase that reads the same forwards as backwards (11) |
| BOSH | Welsh dialect for a kitchen sink or a washbasin; or, from "worthless, empty", a word, coined by J J Morier, for foolish talk or absurd nonsense (4) |
| GAS | From "chaos", a word coined by Flemish chemist J B van Helmont for a perfectly elastic fluid substance, such as carbon dioxide; or, colloquially, an aimless or free-flowing chat (3) |
| ONREMAND | A modern name coined for one in custody (2,6) |
| NOCTUARY | A word, coined on analogy with "diary", for said day book's night-time counterpart (8) |
| CYCLONE | Word, coined by a sea captain and thought to derive from the Greek for "wheel, coil of a snake", for a system of winds spiralling inwards (7) |
| GHETTO | Slum quarter of a city inhabited by a minority group, coined for a location in Venice (6) |
| NONCEWORD | Silence over hidden past - it's coined for a single occasion (5,4) |
| WEIRDO | Word that is coined for an eccentric (6) |
| GENTLEMANS | _ express, term coined for a grand tourer (10) |
| ARTEMIS | A term is coined for Greek goddess (7) |
| CELL | Word coined by Robert Hooke for the smallest unit of life; or, one of the compartments of a honeycomb (4) |
| RUNCIBLE | Word coined by Edward Lear for a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge |
| ZAP | Exclamation coined for "Buck Rogers" |
| TESTPILOT | Top titles coined for Alan Shepard once? (4,5) |
| OARSMANSHIP | An aphorism's coined for stroke management |
| RAYON | The name coined for artificial silk in 1924 (5) |
| BLUEJAY | US singer's term coined for foul-mouthed radio presenter? |
