| NIX | Downer of a noun/verb/adverb/interjection |
| OKAY | Word that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb or interjection |
| PARTSOFSPEECH | Noun, verb, adjective etc (5,2,6) |
| BIGBADWOLF | House blower-downer of fable |
| DEPRESSANT | Downer of French worker packing iron (10) |
| ADJECTIVE | Type of word which names an attribute of a noun (9) |
| DETERMINERS | Words such as 'a', 'the', 'some', 'this' and 'each', used at the beginning of a noun group to indicate which thing(s) one is referring to (11) |
| PRONOUN | IT TAKES THE PLACE OF A NOUN |
| THING | Person place or ___ (definition of a noun) |
| BASE | Form of a noun, pronoun or adjective that indicates its semantic relation to surrounding words ( 4) |
| PALE | An adjective meaning feeble, light in colour, peaky, wan, washed-out or whitish; or, as a noun, a vertical stripe on a shield; a wooden stake forming a fence; or, a conceptual boundary (4) |
| SPOOM | A variation of "foam" that, as a verb, means "scud or sail fast before the wind"; or, as a noun, a frothy sorbet (5) |
| ACTANT | Grammatical term for a noun or noun phrase that functions as the agent of a verb (6) |
| MULL | Verb meaning to pulverise or crumble; to spice, sweeten and warm ale or wine; to ponder; or, as a noun, a bungle, mess or muddle; soft muslin used in bookbinding; or, a Scottish word for a promontory |
| GERUND | A cross between a noun and a verb in larger undertakings |
| THWART | Word meaning to foil, frustrate, oppose or prevent; to place crosswise; to cross the path of; or, as a noun, a rower's bench placed across a boat (6) |
| TION | Common suffix for a noun made from a verb |
| STRESS | Changing it converts "convert" from a verb to a noun |
| EPICENE | A noun that may refer to a male or a female |
| AVAIL | What word as a verb means "to have force" and as a noun means "an advantage to an end"? (5) |
