| OOLONG | Literally meaning "black dragon, a variety of Chinese tea (6) |
| LAPSANG | Variety of Chinese tea with a smoky flavour (7,8) |
| SOUCHONG | Variety of Chinese tea with a smoky flavour (7,8) |
| OOLONGTEA | Chinese beverage literally meaning 'black dragon' |
| CAVOLONERO | Literally meaning "black kale" in Italian, a leafy green vegetable used in Tuscan recipes such as ri |
| KITE | With shapes including delta wing, diamond and dragon, a framework flown on the end of a control line as a traditional beach activity (4) |
| DRACULA | From "little dragon", a genus of orchid that shares its name with a vampiric Transylvanian count (7) |
| BEARDED | ____ dragon, a semi-arboreal lizard with spiny scales and throat pouch (7) |
| DIMSUM | Variety of Chinese foods served in small portions (3,3) |
| MAENAD | Literally meaning "raving one", a female follower of Dionysus (Bacchus) (6) |
| OENONE | Literally meaning "A wine woman", a mountain nymph whose lover, Paris, deserted her for Helen (6) |
| BOMBUS | Literally meaning "buzzing", the Latin name of the bumblebee (6) |
| PSYCHE | Greek word literally meaning "soul" used to describe the totality of the human mind, consciousness and spirit (6) |
| THALIA | Literally meaning "to bloom", the ivy-crowned Greek Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry (6) |
| BANZAI | Japanese salute or battle cry literally meaning '(may you live for) ten thousand years' (6) |
| ETUDES | From the French literally meaning "studies", musical compositions designed to demonstrate or improve players' technical virtuosity (6) |
| CONGOS | Chinese teas |
| HYSONS | Some Chinese teas |
| MANDARINDIALECT | Variety of Chinese with eight subgroups |
| ORIENTAL | Eastern involvement in Latin or variety of Chinese, for example (8) |
