| NOONTIME | Literary word for midday (8) |
| AFFIANCE | From the Old French for "trust", a literary word for a pledge of faith such as betrothal or engagement (8) |
| ARGOSIES | Literary word for old large merchant ships (8) |
| SERPENTS | From the Latin "to creep", literary word for slithering reptiles such as those entwining a caduceus (8) |
| FRUITAGE | Archaic or literary word for berries, citruses, currants, grapes, pomes and other such produce collectively (8) |
| INFORMER | A literary word for an animator or an inspirer; or, a fink, nose, supergrass, whistle-blower or other messenger of often incriminating news (8) |
| WAYFARER | Literary word for a person who journeys or travels on foot; or, a classic style of Ray-Ban sunglasses (8) |
| NATATION | Formal or literary word for swimming |
| ILLUMINE | A literary word meaning to light up (8) |
| SHADES | Portraits in silhouette; hues mixed with black; short word for light-bulb covers; or, literary word for ghosts (6) |
| REEDS | Stalks of wetland grasses used for thatching; a literary word for arrows; or, musical pipes (5) |
| ERRANDS | Old or literary word for verbal messages, missions or quests; trips undertaken to accomplish necessary tasks; or, dialect for shopping (7) |
| STEED | From Old English for "stallion" or "stud", an archaic or literary word for a swift spirited horse or charger (5) |
| ORISIN | From Latin for "speech", an old or generally literary word for a prayer (6) |
| PULCHRITUDE | Phi, cultured, disseminated literary word for ?beauty" (11) |
| NESCIENCE | Literary word for ignorance |
| TEMPEST | Literary word for a storm (7) |
| AUSTER | Literary word for the south wind (6) |
| ERNES | Literary word for sea eagles (5) |
| DREAR | Literary word for dreary (5) |
