| DEADLIER | Female spinner is often thought of as more lethal |
| ELVES | Related to the German for "nightmare", beings originally thought of as more dwarfish and frightening than the fairylike mischievous sprites typically depicted today (5) |
| ADALOVELACE | Lord Byron's daughter, a writer and mathematician who is often thought to have been the first computer programmer (3,8) |
| CARMELITE | Sister spoken of as more serene figure of authority? |
| CETUS | Which constellation is represented in Greek mythology as a beast of the sea, often thought of as a w |
| STREWTH | Exclamation of surprise, often thought of as Australian |
| TOMATO | Fruit often thought of as a vegetable |
| EMU | Bird often thought of as a smaller ostrich |
| RAIL | Today thought of as a short length of metal, this is actually an archaic unit of length equivalent to 1/16th of a yard (2.25in) (4) |
| TENTH | Often thought to include part of the decimal system (5) |
| DWELT | That is taken from German newspaper, it's often thought (5) |
| SAUCER | What is a UFO often thought to resemble (6) |
| SECTOR | Geometric figure that may be thought of as a piece of pie |
| BODY | Group of persons thought of as an entity (4) |
| NOUN | In grammar, class of words thought of as naming persons, places and objects |
| REMEMBERED | Still thought of as one of the club, filling pipe |
| GREENFINCH | In Malta, this songbird is thought of as prestigious, and domesticated |
| CONSIDERABLE | Can be thought of as of some importance (12) |
| TOSS | For which spinner is put on first on pitch? |
| ATOP | A spinner is on (4) |
