| JUMBO | Derived from the Bantu word for "elephant," it's the "big" synonym in the oxymoron describing a giant shrimp |
| NEWSLANG | 2001 single by The Shins (and a hint to the synonyms in the starred answers' shaded squares) |
| CHANG | Brand-name Asian beer, the Thai word for elephant (5) |
| TSETSE | Bantu word for 'fly' |
| ARTICLE | The synonym in this clue is a point in agreement (7) |
| PAT | Word that's its own synonym in reverse |
| PEN | Frindle synonym, in "Frindle" |
| IVORY | Based on a Latin word related to the Egyptian for "elephant", the creamy-white dentine composing the tusks of said mammal (5) |
| DIONE | This moon was discovered by the Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini in 1684 and named for a daughter of the Titan Oceanus in Greek mythology. It is accompanied in its orbit by two muc |
| TETHYS | This moon was discovered in 1684 by the Italian-born French astronomer Gian Domenico Cassini and named for a Titan in Greek mythology. Its most impressive feature is Ithaca Chasma, a giant crack sever |
| PROM | For a senior (or junior), it's the big dance |
| OPINES | Thinks it's the big tree in the middle (6) |
| UGGIE | The Jack Russell Terrier that's famous for his roles in The Artist and Water for Elephants (5) |
| UMTATA | Former name of Mthata, when it was the capital of the Bantu homeland of Transkei (6) |
| TESTMATCH | Strike a light, it's the big game! (4,5) |
| ASSEGAI | Thin spear used especially in southern Africa by the Bantu (7) |
| ASSAGAI | The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa (7) |
| ZULU | A branch of the Bantu (4) |
| SOTHO | One of the groups that make up the Bantu people |
| IAPETUS | The outermost of Saturn's major regular moons, extraordinary because of its great contrast in surface brightness. This moon was discovered by Gian Domenico Cassini in 1671, it has a radius of 718 km ( |
