| REDARROW | In J R R Tolkien's Middle-earth, a device by which Gondor summoned its allies in time of need |
| LENDLEASE | US provision of military equipment to the UK and its allies in World War II (4-5) |
| ROHAN | Kingdom lying north-west of Mordor in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, inhabited by the Rohirrim (5) |
| ENTS | Race of tree-like beings of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth also known as the Onodrim (4) |
| DWARVES | Warlike humanoid race of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth whose own name for themselves is Khazad (7) |
| THELADYOFLORIEN | Name for Galadriel in J R R Tolkien's Middle-earth writings when joint ruler with her husband Celeborn (3,4,2,6) |
| ORCS | Fictional humanoid monsters found in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth (4) |
| MINASTIRITH | Capital of the kingdom of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954-5) (5,6) |
| WEIGHT | Gravitational force by which a body is attracted to Earth; a unit used to measure said heaviness; boldness of a typeface; a metal block used with a balance; or, density of cloth (6) |
| CHIASMUS | Rhetorical device by which word-order is reversed between a pair of phrases of clauses (8) |
| HELM | A mechanical device by which a vessel is steered (4) |
| BOROMIR | Warrior of Gondor; portrayed on film by Sean Bean, who also had a role in The Martian |
| COOKIES | What are small blocks of data placed on a user's device by a web browser? |
| HOHENLINDEN | Battle of ?, 1800 conflict of the French Revolutionary Wars that took place east of Munich and resulted in victory for France over Austria and its allies |
| MINERAL | From a word for an excavation of earth, a term for an ore, such as coal, gold or silver, obtained by digging; a substance neither animal nor vegetable; water found in nature; or, any element essential |
| USER | ____ interface, software and input devices by which a person interacts with a computer (4) |
| MINAS | The capital of Gondor in RR Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings (5,6) |
| TIRITH | The capital of Gondor in RR Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings (5,6) |
| EARTRUMPET | Audio device by which the musically illiterate might play an instrument (3,7) |
| DODGE | Device by which old magistrate implicates daughter |
