| PANEGYRIC | Father crying sadly about English words of praise |
| SHELTON | Anne ... was the first to sing the English words of Lili Marlene during WWII |
| EVOCATIVE | English word of address summoning up bygone age |
| BREVE | English word of action rejected, note |
| 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) |
| RANCOROUS | Our scorn sadly about Australian is full of bitterness (9) |
| FRANGLAIS | Contemporary French that uses a lot of English words (9) |
| OUTERMOST | Oscar mutters sadly about love on the very margins (9) |
| LATELATIN | Source of many English words |
| GRACENOTE | Embellishment once, sadly, about to set teeth on edge? On the contrary (5,4) |
| GOODONYOU | Words of praise turn round academic year at Oxford |
| EVERGIVEN | Suez Canal-blocking ship on the list, confusing despite comprising two common English words |
| ACCOLADES | Words of praise |
| 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) |
| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Bachelor rotten sadly about entry of this female writer (9,6) |
| 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) |
| RAINSTOPPEDPLAY | Disappointing sports headline in today's paper, sadly about finals of championship football |
