| INTERMEDIATECLASS | General term for the 250cc division, now used for Moto2. (12,5) |
| BLIMP | What is the airship that was formerly used for surveillance and now used for advertising? (5) |
| CHARGER | One used for assault, it's now used for battery |
| REAMS | Originally used for a number of sheets of paper, it is now used for a large quantity of anything (5) |
| BARISTA | Italian word for bartender, now used for a person who makes coffee (7) |
| ANIMALS | General term for the organisms forming the subject matter of many of the books for children by Dick |
| SARRON | Frenchman who won the 250cc world title in the year that Wayne Rainey first ventured onto the world stage. (9,6) |
| CHRISTIAN | Frenchman who won the 250cc world title in the year that Wayne Rainey first ventured onto the world stage. (9,6) |
| BARRY | Mr Ditchburn, earned a few GP podiums for Kawasaki in the 250cc class. (5) |
| OLIVIER | Monsieur Jacque, the last ever French World Champion in the 250cc class. (7) |
| CYRIL | 9th-century Greek theologian and saint who created the Glagolitic alphabet, which in modified form is now used for Russian and other East European languages (5) |
| OWLET | General term for the young of a bird in the order Strigiformes (5) |
| ACTION | The general term for the working parts of an airgun (6) |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | The general term for the basic physical systems of a business, region, or nation |
| THEBORDERS | General term for the eastern part of the Southern Uplands (3,7) |
| UNION | General term for the North and its armies in the US Civil War (5) |
| MANDOLA | Obsolete lute-like stringed instrument whose name is now used for a modern tenor or bass mandolin (7) |
| FORMAT | General term for the way in which the text/images of a book or article are arranged (6) |
| BALLERINAS | General term for the danseuses depicted in paintings by Edgar Degas (10) |
| WEATHER | General term for the atmospheric conditions studied and forecast by a meteorologist (7) |
