| SOUBRIQUET | In older spelling, a nickname such as The Big Yin |
| THEORY | A scientific explanation such as the Big Bang, Darwinism, quantum mechanics or special relativity (6) |
| GUNS | Firearms, such as the Big Bertha, brown Bess and Mons Meg types with female names; members of shooting-parties; or, biceps (4) |
| ASSEMBLYPLANT | Car manufacturing factory such as the huge one in Windsor: 2 wds. |
| CONNOLLY | Scottish comedian known as 'The Big Yin', Billy ... (8) |
| BILLYCONNOLLY | Scottish comedian known as The Big Yin (5,8) |
| BELLWORT | Plant of North America such as the Large-flowered ___ or Perfoliate ___ (8) |
| LIGHTSABRE | In an anglicised spelling, a weapon of the Jedi knights in the Star Wars films |
| AUBRETIA | In a common spelling, a low-growing evergreen perennial, often used in rockeries |
| HSIA | Older spelling of the Dynasty of China known as Xia |
| CELLARETTE | In a US spelling, a cabinet holding wine bottles |
| TEHERAN | Iran's capital, in an older spelling |
| SURINAM | Older spelling for a South American country |
| PLOUGHS | Farmer's tools, in an older spelling |
| CAERNARFON | In Welsh-based spelling, a North Wales town whose walls and castle are part of a Unesco world heritage site |
| EMEER | In one English spelling, a Middle Eastern prince |
| MATTOGROSSO | Area of SW Brazil (older spelling) |
| CELLO | A big fiddle as the big cheese snorts lines |
| KENYA | A country where the animals known collectively as the "big five" exist (5) |
| IHS | Based on Greek spelling, a Christogram, sometimes with an added cross, commonly used in medieval Western Europe |
