| ONOMATOPOEIA | Formation of words by the imitation of sounds (12) |
| DROWSY | Made up words, by the end, when half asleep (6) |
| EGGS | With 103-Across: Brunch entree inspired by "The Imitation Game" and "The Power of the Dog"? |
| LIDO | Beginner speaking compliant words by the pool (4) |
| MALAPROPISMS | Unintentional misuses of words by confusion with those of a similar sound (12) |
| NONSENSE | Bunk (my favorite cryptogram of this word, by the way, is BEBOPBOP) * |
| SENTENCED | Number of words by director given a punishment (9) |
| START | Word by the first square in a board game, often |
| THOMAS | German Augustinian monk credited as the author of 15th-century devotional work The Imitation of Chri |
| AKEMPIS | German Augustinian monk, author of The Imitation of Christ (6,1,6) |
| BEGGARS | The - -, words by John Gay set to popular tunes of the day (7,5) |
| OPERA | The - -, words by John Gay set to popular tunes of the day (7,5) |
| PANINI | From the Italian word (by way of Latin) meaning, basically, "bread." In English, the word describes a type of grilled sandwich. Its first known usage was in 1955. |
| SYNCOPE | What is the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle (7) |
| HEARSAY | The report of another person's words by a witness (7) |
| SONGS | Of such the Song was Solomon's, without words by Mendelssohn (5) |
| MORNINGHASBROKEN | Hymn with words by Eleanor Farjeon recorded by Cat Stevens on his album Teaser and the Firecat |
| ELGAR | "The Shepherd's Song", song written by Edward -- with words by Barry Pain (5) |
| LIPREAD | To comprehend spoken words by interpreting movements of the speaker's mouth (3-4) |
| OVERLANDTELEGRAPH | What when completed in 1872, linked Australia to the rest of the word by joining a submarine cable b |
