| ATRIAL | Like a courtyard |
| QUAD | Meaning "four", a word used as a prefix in names of things including a courtyard, a 4 x 4 motorbike and a four-footed animal such as a horse; or, a serving of four shots of espresso (4) |
| GARTH | Dialect for a yard; a fish-weir; or, a courtyard within a cloister (5) |
| COHORS | Properly, a courtyard; commonly, regiment of a legion |
| DEHOOCH | Pieter ?, Dutch painter whose works include 1677's A Musical Party in a Courtyard |
| CARAVANSERAI | In some Eastern countries, a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans (12) |
| PERISTYLE | Colonnade around a courtyard |
| AULA | (L) A courtyard (4) |
| RIAD | Large Moroccan house built around a courtyard |
| AQUA | Colour of a courtyard, mainly |
| MEWS | Stables around a courtyard (4) |
| SERENADE | Court in a courtyard, perhaps |
| CLOSE | Shut up in a courtyard (5) |
| PATIO | Play with some anticipation in a courtyard (5) |
| ATRIUM | What is another name for a courtyard (6) |
| CLOISTER | At first Charles loiters around a courtyard (8) |
| PORTECHCHERE | Large covered entrance for vehicles leading into a courtyard (5-7) |
| OAST | A building designed for drying hops as part of the brewing process; The ___ House, a rustic pub in Crown Square in Manchester's Avenue Courtyard area (4) |
| CHARIOTS | Film featuring a famous race round a Cambridge courtyard (8,2,4) |
| OFFIRE | Film featuring a famous race round a Cambridge courtyard (8, 2, 4) |
