| LOANWORD | It is credited to a foreign tongue (8) |
| WIN | Something credited to a pitcher |
| RUNOUT | A dismissal in cricket not credited to a bowler (3-3) |
| LANTERN | Case protecting a flame or light bulb; glass chamber at the top of a lighthouse or, linked with "magic" for a device whose invention is credited to Christiaan Huygens (7) |
| SNOOKER | Form of billiards whose invention is credited to Sir Neville Chamberlain and name is thought to derive from military slang for a new cadet (7) |
| HUGUENOT | Protestant initially hasn't understood foreign tongue (8) |
| CHAIN | The _, Fleetwood Mac song which is a combination of previously rejected work, and is credited to all five band members (5) |
| LINGUIST | Expert in foreign tongues (8) |
| SWINGERA | Benny Goodman is credited with starting it - and a hint to the theme of this puzzle |
| GINFIZZ | Its 1888 creation is credited to Henry Ramos |
| GIRLPOWER | Slogan whose origin is credited to the US punk band Bikini Kill |
| SHAKESPEARE | Whom the first use of the nine long adjectives is credited to |
| CURRY | Stephen .... is credited to have popularised the three-pointer in basketball. (5) |
| CRIBBAGE | Card game credited to poet Sir John Suckling whose players use a pegboard to keep score (8) |
| DOOSRA | Type of off-spin cricket delivery whose invention is credited to Saqlain Mushtaq (6) |
| HALLYDAY | Johnny, stage name of French singer who is credited with bringing rock and roll to France (8) |
| CULPEPER | English botanist and astrologer whose 1652 work The English Physician is credited with popularising herbalism (8,8) |
| NICHOLAS | English botanist and astrologer whose 1652 work The English Physician is credited with popularising herbalism (8,8) |
| INTERNET | Tim Berners-Lee is credited with having invented what, in 1991 (8) |
| PUNJABI | Play on words, a dig, one in a foreign tongue |
