| MISALLIANCE | French word, roughly translating as "wrong union", for marriage with a person considered to be unsuitable or one's social inferior (11) |
| PICNIC | Word, roughly translating as "peck or nibble at a meal" or "a trifle to eat", for an alfresco meal, a packed lunch or a shared feast in the country (6) |
| MATCH | Marriage with a redhead? (5) |
| GENDER | Distinction of words, roughly answering to sex (6) |
| ANNULAR | Invalidate second and third of marriages with a ring (7) |
| ICEBERG | Variety of crisp lettuce named for its original shipment in crushed frozen water or "glace"; a word from Dutch for a calf or a growler, broken away from a glacier; or, a person considered cold or Scro |
| LINNETS | From French roughly translating as "birds that hover above flaxseed", melodic finches of farmland, named for their fondness of said seed (7) |
| SHUI | Paired with "feng", thus roughly translating as "air-water", the Chinese practice of arranging living spaces in harmony with the natural world (4) |
| PLACEBO | Roughly translating as "I gratify", an inert/dummy medicine prescribed for psychological benefit rather than any physiological curative effect (7) |
| MIND | Consciousness; soul; direction of the will; wits; a person considered as an intellectual or a thinker; or, a British mental health charity of which Stephen Fry is the president (4) |
| MONOGRAM | Translating as "word letter", a term for a single character, sign or symbol representing a word or phrase (8) |
| LOVELACE | Surname of the person considered to be the first computer programmer |
| DINOSAUR | Person considered to be out of date (8) |
| THEGOAT | Person considered to be the best in their field, is Capricorn |
| HASBEEN | Banshee condemns person considered to be no longer of any significance |
| MACRO | -biotic; roughly translating as "long life" in Greek, a diet and lifestyle based on organic whole foods and the yin-yang philosophy of balance (5) |
| THISTLE | With seeds eaten by goldfinches and linked to a Latin motto translating as "no one attacks me with impunity", a plant related to globe artichoke and cardoon (7) |
| PILLAR | Architectural column; stack of rock; or, a person considered a mainstay or tower of strength (6) |
| TROOPER | A cavalry soldier or their horse; or, a person considered reliable, resilient or uncomplaining (7) |
| DIGLOT | Translating as "double tongue", word used to refer to a bilingual book or a dual-language individual (6) |
