| WRONG | From the Old English meaning "awry, unjust", word meaning either incorrect or immoral (5) |
| AGLEY | Scottish word meaning 'awry' (5) |
| CLEAVE | Word meaning either "adhere" or "split" |
| FEASTORFAMINE | Phrase meaning either too much or too little (5,2,6) |
| MONTH | From the Old English meaning "moon", each of the 12 divisions or lunations of the calendar year (5) |
| SPELL | From the Old English meaning "story, speech" or "narration", a word for a magic formula or incantation (5) |
| WATCH | From the Old English meaning "to be or remain awake", a period of surveillance; a sailor's turn of duty; or, a timepiece for the wrist (5) |
| DAIRY | From the Old English meaning "kneader of bread", a building, farm or room where milk is processed or made into butter, cheese, cream, creme fraiche and other produce (5) |
| YARDS | From the Old English meaning "twigs", units used since the medieval period that are equal to three feet (5) |
| LASTS | From the Old English meaning "footprints", wooden models upon which cordwainers fashion shoes (5) |
| HARVEST | From the Old English meaning "autumn", the cutting and gathering of crops during the approach to the aforesaid season, or the name given to its corresponding full moon (7) |
| TADPOLE | From the Old English meaning "toad head", the larva or "pollywiggle" of a frog, newt, salamander or the first mentioned amphibian; or, a political hack other than Taper in Benjamin Disraeli's novel Co |
| VOILA | French word used in English meaning "there it is". (5) |
| KEEP | From the Old English meaning "to observe" or "compare", the donjon or tower at the heart of a medieval castle, used as a refuge (4) |
| ACRE | From the Old English meaning "open field", a word for a unit of land area that is etymologically related to the name of the fruit of the oak (4) |
| AMISS | In an incorrect or defective manner |
| THINGS | From the Old English meaning "assembly" or "parliament", a word for affairs/matters in general; inanimate objects; table utensils; or, clothes and personal belongings (6) |
| GOSSIP | From the Old English meaning "godparent", a word for a close friend or one invited to attend a birth that later came to mean chitchat, idle talk or tittle-tattle (6) |
| PLAY | From the Old English meaning "to exercise", "brisk movement" and related to the Middle Dutch "leap for joy, dance", a dramatic work for the stage; or, activity for amusement (4) |
| ETATS | French plural that's its singular English meaning spelled backwards |
