| SCULLERY | Derived from an old French word for plates, a room in a house traditionally for washing and storing crockery (8) |
| CLEANS | Spring _, freshens and tidies up a home, traditionally at the end of the winter (6) |
| SAMOA | Where houses traditionally have no walls |
| LAMBOYS | Old kilted plates a hit with the lads |
| CHINA | Plates a€“ state (5) |
| STABLE | Derived from an Old French word meaning a barn for the lodging of horses and ponies (6) |
| SOUP | From an Old French word for bread dipped/soaked in liquid, name given to a stock-based food such as broth, consomme or potage (4) |
| KITTEN | Word, likely from an Old French pet name for a cat, for one of a pair of divided gloves, sometimes on a string, perhaps furry, like a grimalkin (6) |
| TREBUCHET | Siege weapon whose name derives from an Old French word for "overthrow" |
| COTTAGE | Word derived from an old term for a one-roomed peasant dwelling, for a small country dwelling (7) |
| BUGLE | Brass wind instrument named from the Latin-derived Old French word for a bullock (5) |
| PETUNIA | Flower named for an old French word for tobacco |
| ADJOURN | Heard in meetings and in court, What word comes from an Old French phrase meaning "to another day"? (7) |
| COCKTAIL | Derived from an old term for a docked horse or one of mixed lineage, name for a type of drink prepared in the art of mixology (8) |
| SPRING | Name, derived from an Old English word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| PUCE | Shade of purple from an old French word meaning “flea” |
| SLAM | A poetry contest; or, with "grand" and derived from an old game also called "ruff and honours" or "trump", the winning of all tricks in bridge (4) |
| CREST | Top of a wave or a hill; tuft of feathers on a bird's head; or, a heraldic bearing, traditionally for a helmet but also for writing paper (5) |
| STAMP | Item collected in philately; a hallmark; or, a block traditionally for impressing a design such as a dairy cow, strawberry, sunflower, thistle or wheat sheaf onto a pat of butter (5) |
| MANCAVE | Informal term for a room in a house in which males can enjoy hobbies without distraction (3,4) |
