| AHURAMAZDA | God - a Hindu one in alternate Pashtun zodiac |
| INDIAN | A Hindu one might help up in the tavern (6) |
| EPIC | Mahabharata is a Hindu one (4) |
| ALEXANDRINE | A line of usually twelve syllables in alternate couplets in French classical drama (11) |
| SMIDGEON | Love to fly in alternate directions a bit |
| EWE | She is in the flock in alternate weekends (3) |
| ANTIPHON | A psalm, hymn, etc, chanted or sung in alternate parts (8) |
| TUNED | Pashtun editor, in hiding, calibrated instrument (5) |
| SATYR | Word, perhaps from "wild animal" or "female grasper", for a drunken lustful nymph-chasing sylvan god, a lecherous man, an orangutan, a biblical goat-demon or a woodland butterfly with dancing flight ( |
| PEONY | Deriving its name from the physician of the Olympian gods, a beautiful often pink heavenly scented "rose without a thorn" prominent in Chinese art, thus a popular motif in chinoiserie designs (5) |
| DHS | They play in alternate World Series games: Abbr. |
| TEXTILE | Take an exam in alternate form of higher education (7) |
| CLASSIER | Smarter young lady wears scarf in alternate places |
| SPRY | Nimble characters found in alternate super gym (4) |
| INTERCROP | Grow in alternate rows (9) |
| SAPPORO | Swamps pool room in alternate Olympic site (7) |
| TWINS | Triumph in alternate test matches (5) |
| IRE | Anger seen in alternate fierce characters (3) |
| STREAKY | Fat and lean in alternate layers |
| TENET | Belief in alternate netherworld (5) |
