| PANEGYRIC | Father crying sadly about English words of praise |
| SHELTON | Anne ... was the first to sing the English words of Lili Marlene during WWII |
| BREVE | English word of action rejected, note |
| EVOCATIVE | English word of address summoning up bygone age |
| BECK | Northern English word, of Old Norse origin, for a brook or a stream with a stony bed; a summoning nod, wave or forefinger gesture; or, Scots dialect for a bow or a curtsey (4) |
| ARC | Referring to a curve, such as a section of the sun's apparent path or part of the circumference of a circle, one of a number of English words derived from the Latin for "bow" (3) |
| ROGET | Surname of the author of a Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (5) |
| THE | It accounts for about 7% of all printed English words |
| ROPY | Conclusions reached by teacher, sadly, about work of poor quality (4) |
| CAPTAIN | A panic sadly about start of tour for skipper (7) |
| VENTURE | Risk even sadly about western half of Mediterranean country (7) |
| THEMEPARKS | Temp hears sadly about last of stock in entertainment venues (5,5) |
| PADEREWSKI | Pianist-politician was irked, sadly, about second of legs supporting piano |
| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Bachelor rotten sadly about entry of this female writer (9,6) |
| RANCOROUS | Our scorn sadly about Australian is full of bitterness (9) |
| RINGWORM | I'm wrong sadly about source of rare fungal infection (8) |
| RELICS | Cries sadly about the many reminders of the past (6) |
| NOTHINGISBETTER | Words of praise or words of condemnation |
| ATTABOY | Words of praise/ encouragement: (2 words, sort of) (7) |
| ROPE | Describing a length of thick cord, one of the oldest English words, recorded as early as 725 AD (4) |
