| TYRANNOSAURUSREX | Found in Saskatchewan in 1991, Scotty is the nickname of the prehistoric skeleton of one of these, and is the largest ever discovered in the world: 2 wds.. |
| APPLES | One of these a day, drives the doctor away |
| TREX | Chicago's Field Museum has a skeleton of one called "Sue" |
| PIPER | Scotty is given the bird! (5) |
| DASH | One of these -a small quantity but not a dot? (4) |
| STEPS | Aim for 10,000 of these a day? |
| KYLE | Site of a woolly mammoth discovery in Saskatchewan in 1964 |
| BATOCHE | Battle of _ (North-West Rebellion conflict in Saskatchewan in 1885) |
| RUNE | Any one of the letters of the futhork or ancient Germanic alphabet, devised for carving into wood or stone; a modern interpretation of one of these for divination; a mystery or secret; or, a magic sym |
| BEN | London's pride: Big ___ is the nickname of the Great Bell on the north clock of the Palace of Westminster %ULQJ WKH %HOOV |
| ACHAEAN | A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. |
| PINDI | What is the nickname of the city which hosted the third Test match between Pakistan and England held recently? (5) |
| CROQUETMALLET | Alice used a flamingo in place of one of these in a lawn game |
| FOSSIL | Any one of the prehistoric remains collected from Lyme Regis by Mary Anning - the palaeontologist said to have inspired the tongue-twister "She sells seashells on the seashore" (6) |
| TIMBER | Trees grown for use in carpentry; a lumberjack's exclamation warning a tree is about to fall; or, the nickname of the founder conductor of the Proms, Sir Henry Wood (6) |
| EMPEROR | What is the nickname of a Beethoven piano concerto, a Haydn string quartet and a Strauss waltz? (7) |
| HITCH | Type of knot; a movie with Will Smith; or, the nickname of the director whose films include of Strangers on a Train, Rear Window and The Birds (5) |
| PIP | Small seed of an apple, pear or quince; any one of the spots on dice or dominoes; or, the nickname of the protagonist in Great Expectations (3) |
| UNTOUCHABLES | The ---, nickname of the team of law enforcement agents led by Eliot Ness in Chicago in the 1930s (12) |
| MIU | When repeated, this is the nickname of Miuccia Prada and the name of her fashion brand (3) |
