| LUX | Latin word for 'light' |
| SHADES | Portraits in silhouette; hues mixed with black; short word for light-bulb covers; or, literary word for ghosts (6) |
| CLARET | From the Latin for "clear", word for light-red wine originally, later dark-red wine imported from Bordeaux (6) |
| SNACKS | From the Middle Dutch for "bites", a word for light incidental meals (6) |
| AIRY | Astronomer's word for "light" |
| LUMIERE | French word for light; or, the name of the film-maker brothers who patented the cinematograph (7) |
| DRIZZLE | Related to "dreary", a word for light rain or thick mist; or, in cookery, a thin stream of a liquid ingredient, such as icing trickled over lemon cake (7) |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| SELENIUM | Element named by Berzelius after a Greek word for "moon" due to its similarity to tellurium, named after a Latin word for "Earth" (8) |
| PICA | Genus of the crow family, named for the Latin word for magpie, for which it is used as a tautonym (4) |
| VERIZON | Telecommunication company named as a combination of the Latin word for truth and the word "horizon" |
| VOLVO | From the Latin word for "I roll," this was originally intended as a name for a ball bearing being developed by a Swedish company. Now this is a well-known automobile maker. |
| AQUA | Latin word for water or a light bluish-green colour |
| SOL | Term for a Martian day, or the Latin word for "sun" |
| CLAVIS | Latin word for "key", hence a clue for interpreting a cipher or solving a problem; or, a glossary (6) |
| ARENA | What word comes from a Latin word for "a sandy place"? (5) |
| RANA | A Latin word for a frog that is also Sanskrit for a Rajput prince (4) |
| HONORARIUM | Latin word for a fee for professional services rendered without payment (10) |
| CUTIS | Latin word for skin, used technically for its two outer layers (dermis and epidermis) (5) |
| CAVE | Latin word for "beware!", adopted by schoolchildren as code for "look out"; or, an antre, antrum, grotto or other speleological rocky hollow (4) |
