| ETYMON | Early form of a word |
| OLDLATIN | Getting on with the French, can get a very early form of a written tongue (3-5) |
| ETYMA | Early forms of a word (anagram of MATEY) |
| RADICAL | The base form of a word, a political extremist, a reactive chemical species, sign or zero of a function, all linked by the concept of "root" (7) |
| LEXEME | In linguistics, a basic unit of meaning in a language/vocabulary in the form of a word or several wo |
| PAPARAZZI | This is the plural form of a word derived from Paparazzo, the surname of a photographer in the film La dolce vita (1959) by Federico Fellini. Its first known use was in 1961. |
| INFO | A short form of a word for data, knowledge or intelligence given (4) |
| LEMA | Basic form of a word |
| ABBREVIATION | Shortened form of a word (12) |
| STEM | Underlying form of a word |
| ABBR | Short form of a word, for short |
| ANON | Shortened form of a word indicating unknown authorship (4) |
| PLURAL | Form of a word that is used to denote more than one (6) |
| FENCES | An aphetic form of a word for protection, used to describe barriers, palings or railings for bounding, enclosing or protecting land (6) |
| MACE | Silver gilt club used as a symbol of royal authority in the House of Commons; a currier's mallet; an early form of billiard cue; or, a spice (4) |
| SIGNAL | Early form of train control, using a metal arm and a spectacle holding coloured lenses which move in front of a lamp (6) |
| SEMAPHORE | Early form of train control, using a metal arm and a spectacle holding coloured lenses which move in front of a lamp (9) |
| PADDLESTEAMER | Early form of river transport propelled by a turning wheel powered by a boiler (6,7) |
| FOETUS | Doctor of use about start of this early form of life (6) |
| MOUTHWASH | Hippocrates advocated a blend of salt, alum and vinegar as an early form of ____ |
