| GLOWINGLY | How the nightlight that found favour was spoken of? |
| SHALLOT | Veg served where Tennyson's lady was spoken of |
| OWED | ___ a favor (was beholden) |
| CHOWCHOW | Chinese preserve of citron, ginger, orange peel etc in syrup; a piccalilli-like relish of vegetables in mustard; or, a spitz-type blue-black-tongued breed of Han dynasty dog that found favour with Que |
| CURRIED | Cooked in a way that found favour? |
| MAIDOFHONOUR | Said to have been kept under the guard of a chef's keys in an iron chest, the almond-, puff pastry- and sweetened curd cheese-based royal tart with which Anne Boleyn allegedly found favour with Henry |
| NORSE | Old --; language of the Vikings; a form of which was spoken in Orkney and the islands mentioned in 3 |
| ARAMAIC | Ancient Semitic language of the Middle East that was spoken by Jesus (7) |
| ATTICA | The territory of Athens in ancient Greece, where the Ionic dialect was spoken (6) |
| THYME | "Labiate" - how date may be spoken of? (5) |
| EORN | It was spoken in the Shetlands 'til the 20th c. |
| NORN | It was spoken in the Shetlands 'til the 20th c. |
| RATHLIN | On ____ Island, off the Antrim coast, Irish was spoken by some residents until the 1960s |
| VOLUMES | Books very much spoken of? (7) |
| QUARTZ | Mineral: at least four pints spoken of? |
| AIL | Feel ill when alcoholic drink is spoken of? |
| FORBEARS | Antecedents, one more than Goldilocks had spoken of? (8) |
| GARNER | Gather African country is being spoken of? |
| RACQUET | One making frequent court appearances: fraud only spoken of? |
| ERSE | It was spoken in the Hebrides |
