| WINBYANOOSE | Guess the word in Hangman? |
| THROWINTHEVOWEL | Give a freebie in Hangman? |
| BUDGET | A pouch or wallet originally, later the Chancellor of the Exchequer's annual statement, hence the showing of a battered red box as a gesture to the origin of the word in question (6) |
| TERRACOTTA | In Italian, it literally means "baked earth." With its first known usage in 1722, the word in English describes a type of fired clay that is brownish in color. |
| SOLO | From Italian meaning "alone," the word in English can refer to a musical composition for a single voice or instrument or to a performance carried out alone. The oldest sense in English dates to the la |
| DIGRAPH | Two letters expressing a single sound, such as the last two in the word in question; or, a typographical ligature, as in A (7) |
| TOOTHBRUSH | It helps clean the word in the circled squares (as well as the alternate version) |
| CAPSIZE | Turnover is the word, in the main (7) |
| MUMMS | "___ the word" ... in the Champagne business |
| HEAD | First wrong guess in hangman |
| TORSO | Second wrong guess in hangman |
| ARMS | The third and fourth wrong guesses in hangman, maybe |
| JUMPING | Word that can precede the word in each set of puzzle circles |
| MUM | "The word" in silence |
| TWO | Impressive number of guesses to get the word in Wordle |
| MASTERMINDING | Mum's the word in strike planning! |
| ATTHEENDOFHISROPE | Having financial trouble, like the hangman? |
| SUSPENSE | Made to wait by the hangman? (4,2,8) |
| KEPTIN | Made to wait by the hangman? (4,2,8) |
| NOOSE | So one goes all out to help the hangman? (5) |
