| CORNY | Hackneyed, especially a joke (5) |
| HOWFF | A Scottish word for a favourite haunt, especially a pub (5) |
| MOTIF | A decorative image or design, especially a repeated one forming a pattern (5) |
| PIECE | A bit of a sandwich in Scotland - especially a jeely one (5) |
| THANE | A tenant of a Scottish king, especially a clan chief (hist) (5) |
| NOISE | A sound, especially a loud or disturbing one (5) |
| LIANA | A climbing plant, especially a twisted woody kind (5) |
| CHORE | A small, routine task, especially a domestic one (5) |
| SQUAB | A young unfledged bird, especially a pigeon (5) |
| POOCH | Colloquial term for a dog, especially a mongrel (5) |
| GAFFE | A social blunder, especially a tactless remark (5) |
| GESTE | Beau ---, a noble or gracious gesture or act, especially a meaningless one (5) |
| CUTIE | Charmingly attractive person, especially a girl or a young woman. (5) |
| MUFTI | Civilian dress worn by someone who normally wears a uniform, especially a soldier (5) |
| STOUP | Vessel for holy water, especially a stone bowl near the entrance of a Roman Catholic church (5) |
| FLUID | A substance of no fixed shape, especially a liquid (5) |
| DACHA | A second or holiday home in Russia, especially a summer cottage (5) |
| AMOUR | What word borrowed from French describes a love affair, especially a secret one? (5) |
| PROMO | A piece of publicity or advertising, especially a short film or video (5) |
| SPIRE | Tapering, conical structure on top of a building, especially a church (5) |
