| EUGENEARAM | English philologist and murderer (1704-59) |
| ROMIC | A phonetic notation devised by English philologist Henry Sweet (5) |
| GRIMM | Philologist and folklorist brothers who collected fairy tales including Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin and Rapunzel (5) |
| SWEET | The English Language: George Bernard Shaw said there were touches of the philologist and phonetician Henry ____ in Pygmalion |
| ROGET | Physician, philologist and fellow of the Royal Society who compiled a thesaurus published in 1852, since used by writers, monologophobics and later crossword solvers (5) |
| ONIONS | Lexicographer, philologist and fourth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary who shares his surname with shallot-like alliaceous bulbs (6) |
| TOLKIEN | Surname of the philologist and novelist whose works include The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings (7) |
| ELLIS | Philologist who was an inspiration for Pygmalion's professor and identified several English dialects, including Cumbrian, Pitmatic and that of the Smoggies; or, an author who explored yuppie nihilism |
| SET | Brother and murderer of Osiris |
| UGANDAN | Nationality of exiled former dictator and murderer, Idi Amin (7) |
| KIDD | William ___, Scottish pirate and murderer hanged in 1701 (4) |
| CAPTAINHOOK | Villain and murderer has suitable snare (7,4) |
| STRANGLER | Saint right to take on fisherman and murderer (9) |
| OTHELLO | Desdemona's husband and murderer |
| CAIN | Abel's biblical brother and murderer (4) |
| BILLSIKES | Vicious robber and murderer in Twist (4,5) |
| SCAR | Mufasa's brother and murderer, in The Lion King |
| COCAINE | Drug produced by boss and murderer has energy (7) |
| ILLEGAL | Criminal and murderer scratching walls on prison ? nothing escapes |
| BABYFACE | Nickname of George Nelson, an American bank robber and murderer during the 1930s (8) |
