| BUILTUP | Description of an area densely covered by buildings; or, according to the Highway Code, an area where the speed limit of a road is 30 mph (5-2) |
| IDES | Silver orfes; or, according to the Roman calendar, a mid-month or full moon day, such as the apparently doomed one, falling on March 15 (4) |
| PMQS | Session held every Wednesday at midday wher the House of Commons is sitting (4) |
| SOS | A signal of distress in code / an urgent call for help |
| GHETTO | Area densely populated, usually by deprived people (6) |
| PADUA | Wher Petruchio wived wealthily |
| WOODY | Court extremely densely covered by trees (5) |
| PLEACH | Word meaning to braid, entwine, interlace or weave branches to form a fence, screen or walkway; or, according to Shakespeare, to fold the arms (6) |
| POTATO | Informal word for a large hole in a sock or stocking; or, according to Icelandic tradition, a vegetable left by the Yule Lads in a shoe of a naughty child at Christmas (6) |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| TEAR | One of a series of lachrymal watery drops shed by humans or, according to old belief, crocodiles (4) |
| POWER | The rate of doing work; electrical energy; or, according to Lord Acton, authority or control that "corrupts" (5) |
| LESLIEHOREBELISHA | Minister of Transport from 1934 to 1937 who rewrote the Highway Code and introduced the driving test and a beacon at pedestrian crossings |
| RULES | Regulations, such as those in the Highway Code or Laws of Cricket (5) |
| SIGN | Traffic -; any one of the instructions for road users in the Highway Code (4) |
| ENTREE | French word for a dish served between the main courses of a formal dinner, or according to Mrs Beeton, a side dish served with the first course (6) |
| PERCH | Branch upon which a bird sleeps standing up; or, according to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, a 'bold biting fish' to be caught with a minnow or a little frog (5) |
| JAR | A jolt; a clash of opinions; a pot for jam; a glass of beer; or, according to Shakespeare, a tick of a clock (3) |
| PASTRY | A flour-and-shortening-based mixture; bakemeats, piecrusts, tarts, turnovers etc, collectively made of this; a small individual cake or fancy; or, according to Shakespeare, a place for the preparation |
| MODELLING | Hobby or pastime of making dioramas or miniature aeroplanes, boats, buildings or railways, for example; or, a branch of sculpture (9) |
