| RYOT | From "flock, graze, herd", a word for an Indian peasant or farmer that is a homophone of a term for a tumult or violent breach of peace (4) |
| FODDER | Feed or forage for a herd; a seed from which a clue is grown in a crossword; food to fuel imagination or figuratively chew on; or, soldiers, proverbially consumed by a cannon (6) |
| TILLER | Farmer that may be used to steer? |
| ZOOGRAPHY | The description, painting or study of animals and their habits when alone or in flocks or herds - a zoic art or ology that captures creatures' likeness on a canvas or in words (9) |
| ETTE | Suffix for wagon or farmer |
| HOER | A gardener or farmer, sometimes |
| AMENS | Cries from flocks |
| BLEATS | Sounds from flocks |
| OUI | Affirmative that is a homophone of a pronoun |
| MAE | Woman's name that is a homophone of a month |
| OTTO | Name that is a homophone of 11-Across |
| KISAN | From Sanskrit "ploughman" of ancient Indian lands, now a Hindi word for an Indian farmer, peasant or other sower of Bharat's prosperity (5) |
| DOVETAILS | Synonym for interlocks formed by inserting an anagram of "et voila" into D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S (Theme answer: The first word of this phrase is a bird and the second word is a homophone of the second word |
| GRAM | Name of a small unit of mass; the chickpea or a pulse generally; or, a Hindi word for an Indian village (4) |
| COUNT | Foreign nobleman, equal in rank to an earl; or, his title, which is the root of a term for a comital district or shire (5) |
| COTTAGE | Originally a humble "hut, shed, shelter" or traditional rustic dwelling of a peasant or farm hand, now an often ornate or "orne" chocolate-box luxury Cotswold-stone pied-a-terre or lodge on the estate |
| MUMSTHEWORD | Can you think of a term for a flower that's also a family member from Down Under? |
| RIM | Abbreviation of a term for a stage of sleep characterised by saccades of one's ocular "lamps" (3) |
| AUTUMNPEASE | Softball player formed by inserting an anagram of "Spumante" into A U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E: 2 wds. (Theme answer: The first word of this answer is a season and the second word is a homophone for green ve |
| CHAPPELLROAN | Pop star whose name is formed by a word meaning "become dry" + P + an anagram of "llanero": 2 wds. (Theme answer: Her first name is a homophone of a religious building.) |
