| TENDONS | Fibrous "bands" in the body such as the ones named after Achilles (7) |
| YARROW | Common name of a herbaceous plant in the genus named after Achilles that was traditionally used to treat external wounds on the skin (6) |
| SEPTUM | Partition in the body such as the one between the nostrils (6) |
| BROWNSAUCE | Condiment such as the one named after the Houses of Parliament (5,5) |
| CHATOYANT | From the French for "gleam like a cat's eye", word for a gem, such as the one named after said oculus, with a changeable iridescent lustre (9) |
| HORMONES | Chemicals in the body such as estrogen and testosterone |
| PRIESTS | Men of the cloth such as the one named on D30 Class 62439 engine (7) |
| DAVEDOBBYN | New Zealand musician who has had 25 songs (solo and with bands) in the NZ top 40 (4,6) |
| OBIS | Bands in the East |
| AJAX | Greek hero, son of King Telamon, considered the second greatest warrior after Achilles |
| TENDON | Fibrous band (6) |
| LIGAMENT | Tough fibrous band of tissue |
| CONUNDRUMS | Generic name for brainteasers such as the ones that feature in the final rounds of the series Countdown (10) |
| NAGS | Animals such as the ones in "De Camptown Races" |
| PALISADES | Lines of cliffs such as the ones along the Hudson River |
| HORMONE | Word, from "impel, set in motion, stir up", for an endocrinological chemical "messenger" of the body, such as irisin, named after the Greek messenger goddess of the rainbow (7) |
| LEADERS | Dealers strangely are seen as the ones in front (7) |
| NOMINEE | Number belonging to me and thee, in the end, is the one named (7) |
| SPIDERS | Arachnids, Mallorca has several varieties including the Wolf which can give a painful bite and one named after the island, Zodarion mallorca (7) |
| SELLERS | Before becoming an actor- comedian, Who played drums in jazz and dance bands in England in the early 1940s? (5,7) |
